When a B cell encounters membrane-bound antigen, signalling through the B-cell receptor (BCR) induces cytoskeletal ... which after binding ligands on the antigen-presenting cell (APC) are ...

Although antibody binding to the target surface is considered ... and UKpn76 effectively recognized the conserved epitope within the O1-antigen and cross-reacted with all tested O1 strains.

The BCR- and TCR-mediated immunological synapses ... The answer may lie, in part, in the innate mechanisms of antigen binding by professional APCs. DCs and macrophages express a variety of lectins ...