title: The importance of prolonged binding to antigen-presenting cells for T cell fate decisions.
abstract: How critical is it for T cells to stably arrest on antigen-presenting cells? In this issue of Immunity, Scholer et al. (2008) demonstrate profound effector and memory defects for CD8(+) T cells encountering "nonsticky" antigen-presenting cells lacking intercellular adhesion molecule-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California-San Francisco, CA 94143-0511, USA.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Engelhardt
authors.forename: Matthew F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Krummel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008211:Lymphocyte Cooperation; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1