title: Intercellular exchanges of membrane patches (trogocytosis) highlight the next level of immune plasticity.
abstract: Although they have been evidenced a long time ago, exchanges of antigens between cells have remained poorly understood and their significance is still unclear. Yet, intercellular antigen exchanges, and most particularly intercellular exchanges of intact membrane patches, also called trogocytosis, have recently been the subject of renewed interest. We here briefly outline the key findings concerning trogocytosis, and discuss their implications.
authors.affiliation: Service de Recherches en Hemato-Immunologie, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Hopital Saint Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caumartin
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lemaoult
authors.forename: Edgardo D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Carosella
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000276:immunology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D018448:Models, Immunological; D014181:Transplantation Immunology