Abstract
The intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs) play a prominent role in regulating the migration and activation of both dendritic cells (DCs) and T lymphocytes in the immune system. Recent observations have demonstrated that both leukocyte function-associated molecule 1 (LFA-1) and DC-specific ICAM-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN), two structurally unrelated adhesion receptors, regulate the function of leukocytes and DCs by binding to the same ICAMs. Here, we focus on the structure-function relationships of DC-SIGN and LFA-1 to obtain an insight into their role in the migration and activation of DCs and T cells in the control of immunity
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 457-463 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Trends in immunology |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2001 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Humans
- Lectins, C-Type
- Lectins/chemistry
- Ligands
- Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1/chemistry
- Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology