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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

The Actin Cytoskeleton at the Immunological Synapse of Dendritic Cells.

José Luis Rodríguez-Fernández, Olga Criado-García

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

José Luis Rodríguez-FernándezDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain.
Olga Criado-GarcíaDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain.
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) are considered the most potent antigen-presenting cells. DCs control the activation of T cells (TCs) in the lymph nodes. This process involves forming a specialized superstructure at the DC-TC contact zone called the immunological synapse (IS). For the sake of clarity, we call IS(DC) and IS(TC) the DC and TC sides of the IS, respectively. The IS(DC) and IS(TC) seem to organize as multicentric signaling hubs consisting of surface proteins, including adhesion and costimulatory molecules, associated with cytoplasmic components, which comprise cytoskeletal proteins and signaling molecules. Most of the studies on the IS have focused on the IS(TC), and the information on the IS(DC) is still sparse. However, the data available suggest that both IS sides are involved in the control of TC activation. The IS(DC) may govern activities of DCs that confer them the ability to activate the TCs. One key component of the IS(DC) is the actin cytoskeleton. Herein, we discuss experimental data that support the concept that actin polarized at the IS(DC) is essential to maintaining IS stability necessary to induce TC activation.

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actincytoskeletondendritic cellimmunological synapseT cell activation

Identifiers

PMID34409027
PMCPMC8366227
OpenAlexW3192602732

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