[A brief introduction to the secretion mechanism in immunocytes].
Exocytosis is a vital function of many cell types including neuron, endocrine cell and immunocyte. Secretion in immunocytes involves a complex process of signal transduction, in which many factors still remain unknown. In the last 10 years, this area has become an international hot spot of investigation, resulting in many break-through progresses. This progress was made possible by combined efforts in molecular biology, cell biology and biophysics. This review focuses on notable new knowledge and some new techniques in functional study of secretion in immunocytes.
Lou
Xue-Lin
XL
Institute of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
He
Li-Min
LM
Gong
Fei-Li
FL
Yu
Xiao
X
Xu
Tao
T
Zhou
Zhuan
Z
D005089:Exocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins