title: Lipid rafts in lymphocyte activation and migration.
abstract: Functional polarization of leukocytes is a requisite to accomplish immune function. Immune synapse formation or chemotaxis requires asymmetric redistribution of membrane receptors, signaling molecules and the actin cytoskeleton. There is increasing evidence that compartmentalization of the plasma membrane into distinct lipid microdomains is pivotal in establishing and maintaining leukocyte polarity. Specific rafts assemble into large-scale domains to create plasma membrane asymmetries at specific cell locations, thus coordinating temporally and spatially cell signaling in these processes. In this review we discuss the roles of lipid rafts as organizers of T lymphocyte polarity during cell activation and migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Oncology, National Center of Biotechnology/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain. antonella.viola@unipd.it
authors.forename: Santos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mañes
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viola
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D016764:Cell Polarity; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology*; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology*; D018448:Models, Immunological; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic