Budget Amount *help |
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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Research Abstract |
Imaging analysis of the negative costimulatory receptor, CTLA-4, revealed the novel mechanism of T cell activation regulation. CTLA-4 formed clusters at the center of the immunological synapse and interfered the formation of the signaling molecule complex, which is composed by the positive costimulatory receptor CD28, kinases, and scaffold proteins. These results suggest that T cell activation is cooperatively regulated by both T cell receptor. CD28 microclusters and the CTLA-4-mediated inhibitory microclusters.
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