title: Adhesion receptors of the immune system.
abstract: The adhesive interactions of cells with other cells and with the extracellular matrix are crucial to all developmental processes, but have a central role in the functions of the immune system throughout life. Three families of cell-surface molecules regulate the migration of lymphocytes and the interactions of activated cells during immune responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Springer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000502:physiology; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000502:physiology; D007109:Immunity; D016023:Integrins / Q000502:physiology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000502:physiology*; D016028:Receptors, Leukocyte-Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D016023:Integrins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D016028:Receptors, Leukocyte-Adhesion; D011991:Receptors, Virus