The role of lipid membrane domains in the activation of immune cells remains elusive. New microscopy data on B cell signaling support a mechanism in which lipid membrane domains consolidate upon B cell receptor clustering.
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Urbančič, I., Eggeling, C. & Sezgin, E. Do lipids tune B cell signaling?. Nat Chem Biol 19, 669–670 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-023-01303-8
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