Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

UNC93B1 interacts with the calcium sensor STIM1 for efficient antigen cross-presentation in dendritic cells

  • Sophia Maschalidi,
  • Paula Nunes-Hasler,
  • Clarissa R Nascimento,
  • Ignacio Sallent,
  • Valérie Lannoy,
  • Meriem Garfa-Traore,
  • Nicolas Cagnard,
  • Fernando E. Sepulveda,
  • Pablo Vargas,
  • Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil,
  • Peter van Endert,
  • Thierry Capiod,
  • Nicolas Demaurex,
  • Guillaume Darrasse-Jèze,
  • Bénédicte Manoury

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01601-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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STIM proteins sense Ca2+ depletion in the ER and activate store-operated Ca2+ entry in response, a process associated with dendritic cell (DC) functions. Here, the authors show that optimal antigen cross-presentation in DCs requires the association of the chaperone molecule UNC93B1 with STIM1.