T cell activation by CD1 and lipid antigens

For decades, T cells were thought to solely respond to protein-derived antigens. However, the discovery of the CD1 antigen presenting system shows how antigen presenting cells can display lipid antigens to T cells. Crystal structures show that CD1 proteins accomplish this function by inserting lipid...

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Other Authors: Moody, D. Branch., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2007.
Berlin ; New York : [2007]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 345 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 314.
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