The immunology of cellular stress proteins

• Main Author: Cristina Bonorino (auth)
• Other Authors: Willem Van Eden (auth), Ruurd Van Der Zee (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Autoimmunity; Heat shock proteins; T cells; T cell regulation; Cancer
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Stress proteins or heat-shock proteins (HSP) are evolutionary conserved proteins present in every prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell. Their main function is to protect cells and proteins from damage under stressful circumstances. The latter circumstances do include the cell and protein damaging effects...