The cell's ability to communicate with the extracellular environment, with other cells, and with itself is a crucial feature of eukaryotic organisms. In the immune system, T lymphocytes assemble a specialized structure upon contact with antigen-presenting cells bearing a peptide-major histocompatibility complex ligand, known as the immunological synapse (IS). The IS has been extensively characterized as a signaling platform essential for T-cell activation. Moreover, emerging evidence identifies the IS as a device for vesicular traffic-mediated cell-to-cell communication as well as an active release site of soluble molecules. Here, we will review recent advances in the role of vesicular trafficking in IS assembly and focused secretion of microvesicles at the synaptic area in naïve T cells and discuss the role of the IS in transcellular communication.

Finetti, F., Cassioli, C., Baldari, C.T. (2017). Transcellular communication at the immunological synapse: A vesicular traffic-mediated mutual exchange. F1000RESEARCH, 6, 1-8 [10.12688/f1000research.11944.1].

Transcellular communication at the immunological synapse: A vesicular traffic-mediated mutual exchange

Finetti, Francesca
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Cassioli, Chiara;Baldari, Cosima T.
2017-01-01

Abstract

The cell's ability to communicate with the extracellular environment, with other cells, and with itself is a crucial feature of eukaryotic organisms. In the immune system, T lymphocytes assemble a specialized structure upon contact with antigen-presenting cells bearing a peptide-major histocompatibility complex ligand, known as the immunological synapse (IS). The IS has been extensively characterized as a signaling platform essential for T-cell activation. Moreover, emerging evidence identifies the IS as a device for vesicular traffic-mediated cell-to-cell communication as well as an active release site of soluble molecules. Here, we will review recent advances in the role of vesicular trafficking in IS assembly and focused secretion of microvesicles at the synaptic area in naïve T cells and discuss the role of the IS in transcellular communication.
2017
Finetti, F., Cassioli, C., Baldari, C.T. (2017). Transcellular communication at the immunological synapse: A vesicular traffic-mediated mutual exchange. F1000RESEARCH, 6, 1-8 [10.12688/f1000research.11944.1].
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