title: T cell antigen-receptor signal transduction.
abstract: During the past year, major progress has been made in understanding proximal TCR signal-transduction events. Cbl has been identified as a negative regulator of kinases from the ZAP-70/Syk family. Studies on LAT, SLP-76, Itk and Vav have revealed their role in the activation of Ras and phospholipase-Cgamma1-Ca2+ signalling pathways. TCR-induced cytoskeletal changes involve signalling through SLP-76-Vav-Nck to activate effectors of the Rho-family of GTPases. Finally, glycolipid-enriched microdomains play a crucial role in T cell activation.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute, Building 37, Room 1E24, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. vanleeuj@box-v.nih.gov
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: van Leeuwen
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Samelson
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051966:Phospholipase C gamma; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D050721:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; C110810:LAT protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; C092947:SLP-76 signal Transducing adaptor proteins; D050721:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D051966:Phospholipase C gamma; D018631:ras Proteins; C067419:CBL protein, human; D002118:Calcium