How a T cell sees sugar

D. Branch Moody
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D. Branch Moody: Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1 Jimmy Fund Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. bmoody@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Nature, 2007, vol. 448, issue 7149, 36-37

Abstract: T cells of the immune system recognize lipids, as well as peptides, extending our ideas about such target antigens. A crystal structure of a T-cell receptor docked to antigen shows how a sugar controls lipid recognition.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1038/nature05890

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