Author: ["Ana Rodriguez","Armelle Regnault","Monique Kleijmeer","Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli","Sebastian Amigorena"]
CITE.CC academic search helps you expand the influence of your papers.
Abstract
In order for cytotoxic T cells to initiate immune responses, peptides derived from internalized antigens must be presented to the cytotoxic T cells on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. Here we show that dendritic cells, the only antigen-presenting cells that initiate immune responses efficiently, have developed a unique membrane transport pathway linking the lumen of endocytic compartments and the cytosol. Endosome-to-cytosol transport is restricted to dendritic cells, specific to internalized antigens and selective for the size of the transported molecules. Thus, in dendritic cells, internalized antigens gain access to the cytosolic antigen-processing machinery and to the conventional MHC class I antigen-presentation pathway.
Cite this article
Rodriguez, A., Regnault, A., Kleijmeer, M. et al. Selective transport of internalized antigens to the cytosol for MHC class I presentation in dendritic cells. Nat Cell Biol 1, 362–368 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/14058