Cytokines induce faster membrane diffusion of MHC class I and the Ly49A receptor in a subpopulation of Natural Killer cells

Cytokines have the potential to drastically augment immune cell activity. Apart from altering the expression of a multitude of proteins, cytokines also affect immune cell dynamics. However, how cytokines affect the molecular dynamics within the cell membrane of immune cells has not been addressed pr...

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Main Authors: Sunitha eBagawath-Singh, Elina eStaaf, Arie Jan Stoppelenburg, Thiemo eSpielmann, Taku eKambayashi, Jerker eWidengren, Sofia eJohansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00016/full