Publication Date:
2001-02-27
Description:
Previous findings suggest that during cognate T cell-B cell interactions, major histocompatability complex (MHC) class II molecules transduce signals, leading to Src-family kinase activation, Ca2+ mobilization, and proliferation. Here, we show that antigen stimulation of resting B cells induces MHC class II molecules to associate with Immunoglobulin (Ig)-alpha/Ig-beta (CD79a/CD79b) heterodimers, which function as signal transducers upon MHC class II aggregation by the T cell receptor (TCR). The B cell receptor (BCR) and MHC class II/Ig-alpha/Ig-beta are distinct complexes, yet class II-associated Ig-alpha/beta appears to be derived from BCR. Hence, Ig-alpha/beta are used in a sequential fashion for transduction of antigen and cognate T cell help signals.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lang, P -- Stolpa, J C -- Freiberg, B A -- Crawford, F -- Kappler, J -- Kupfer, A -- Cambier, J C -- AI 20519/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI 22295/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2001 Feb 23;291(5508):1537-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO 80206, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11222857" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antigens/immunology
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Antigens, CD/*metabolism
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Antigens, CD79
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B-Lymphocytes/*immunology/metabolism
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Cells, Cultured
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Dimerization
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Enzyme Activation
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Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology/*metabolism
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Immunoblotting
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Lymphocyte Activation
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Mice
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Mice, Transgenic
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Phosphorylation
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Phosphotyrosine/metabolism
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Precipitin Tests
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Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
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Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/immunology/*metabolism
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Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology/*metabolism
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*Signal Transduction
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T-Lymphocytes/immunology/metabolism
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Transcription, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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