title: Ca2+ signals and T lymphocytes; "New mechanisms and functions in Ca2+ signalling".
abstract: Interaction between a T cell and an antigen-presenting cell leads to the rapid formation of an immunological synapse allowing antigen detection by the T cell and the development of an immune response. Antigen detection triggers various cellular responses including a modest but sustained T cell Ca2+ increase. In this review are discussed a series of related questions. What are the various molecular events by which a T cell Ca2+ response can be triggered in the immunological synapse by a very small amount of antigen? How is Ca2+ released from intracellular stores and how can these stores remain empty for hours? Through which channels does Ca2+ influx takes place, and how is Ca2+ influx coupled to Ca2+ release from intracellular stores? What are the main immediate and indirect cellular targets of the Ca2+ increase?
authors.affiliation: Dépt de Biologie Cellulaire, Institut Cochin, INSERM U567, CNRS UMR 8104, 22, rue Méchain 75014 Paris, France. randriamampita@cochin.inserm.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Randriamampita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trautmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000235:genetics; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium