title: The role of SLAM family receptors in immune cell signaling.
abstract: The signaling lymphocyte-activating molecule (SLAM) family immunoreceptors are expressed in a wide array of immune cells, including both T and B lymphocytes. By virtue of their ability to transduce tyrosine phosphorylation signals through the so-called ITSM (immunoreceptor tyrosine-based switch motif) sequences, they play an important part in regulating both innate and adaptive immune responses. The critical role of the SLAM immunoreceptors in mediating normal immune reactions was highlighted in recent findings that SAP, a SLAM-associated protein, modulates the activities of various immune cells through interactions with different members of the SLAM family expressed in these cells. Importantly, mutations or deletions of the sap gene in humans result in the X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome. In this review, we summarize current knowledge and survey the latest developments in signal transduction events triggered by the activation of SLAM family receptors in different cell types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
authors.forename: Elena A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ostrakhovitch
authors.forename: Shawn S-C
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015703:Antigens, CD; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D018448:Models, Immunological; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic