Activation of T cells by antigen-presenting cells requires the formation of an immunological synapse, which involves changes in membrane dynamics and cell polarity within the first few hours of ...

Early experiments, often by physicists, led to the understanding that the cell membrane was lipid in nature ... solubility is the similarity in polarity between the solvent and the solute.

"We think this discovery marks a big shift in understanding cell polarity in the context of ... and in regulating properties of the cell membrane but were not known to be spatially organized ...