title: Lipid rafts and B cell signaling.
abstract: B cells comprise an essential component of the humoral immune system. They are equipped with the unique ability to synthesize and secrete pathogen-neutralizing antibodies, and share with professional antigen presenting cells the ability to internalize foreign antigens, and process them for presentation to helper T cells. Recent evidence indicates that specialized cholesterol- and glycosphingolipid-rich microdomains in the plasma membrane commonly referred to as lipid rafts, serve to compartmentalize key signaling molecules during the different stages of B cell activation including B cell antigen receptor (BCR)-initiated signal transduction, endocytosis of BCR-antigen complexes, loading of antigenic peptides onto MHC class II molecules, MHC-II associated antigen presentation to helper T cells, and receipt of helper signals via the CD40 receptor. Here we review the recent literature arguing for a role of lipid rafts in the spatial organization of B cell function.
authors: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States. guptan@ccf.org
authors: Neetu
authors: N
authors: Gupta
authors: Anthony L
authors: AL
authors: DeFranco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000276:immunology*; D018448:Models, Immunological; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
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