Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Tripartite phase separation of two signal effectors with vesicles priming B cell responsiveness

  • Leo E. Wong,
  • Arshiya Bhatt,
  • Philipp S. Erdmann,
  • Zhen Hou,
  • Joachim Maier,
  • Sona Pirkuliyeva,
  • Michael Engelke,
  • Stefan Becker,
  • Jürgen Plitzko,
  • Jürgen Wienands,
  • Christian Griesinger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14544-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Antibody-mediated immune responses rely on antigen recognition by the B cell antigen receptor (BCR) and SLP65 is a key scaffold protein mediating BCR signaling. Here authors show that effective B cell activation requires tripartite phase separation of SLP65, CIN85, and lipid vesicles.