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SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Lockhart M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3244936 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sanchez-Lockhart Mariano M Kim Minsoo M Miller Jim J
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20111107 11
Efficient T cell activation depends on the engagement of both TCR and CD28, although the molecular mechanisms that control this signal integration are not fully understood. Using fluorescence resonance energy transfer, we show that T cell activation can drive a reorientation of the cytosolic tails of the CD28 dimer. However, this is not mediated through CD28 ligand binding. Rather, TCR signaling itself mediates this conformation change in CD28. We also show that TCR signaling can induce CD28-lig ...[more]