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The Cellular and Molecular Immunology - A (CMIA) Study Section reviews applications concerned with understanding the molecular, structural, biochemical and biophysical aspects of immunology. The focus is primarily on the adaptive arm of the immune system but to some extent, the innate immune arm as well.  The topics addressed include the following:

• the cellular, biochemical, structural and biophysical, and extra- and intracellular molecular events of T and B lymphocytes and other cells (dendritic and mast cells) involved in the adaptive and innate immune responses.
• cell\cell interactions,  cell migration, signal transduction T and B cell receptors, costimulatory molecules, Fc high and low affinity receptors, cytokine and chemokine receptors.
• antigen processing and presentation, T cell receptor (TCR)\major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-peptide interactions.
• the mechanisms and regulation of VDJ recombination of TCR and immunoglobulin (Ig) genes, isotype switching and the somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes.
• transcriptional, posttranscriptional, translational and posttranslational regulation of genes involved in  lymphocyte development, differentiation, or response to environmental signals or cytokines.

Study sections with the most closely related areas of science listed in rank order are:

Cellular and Molecular Immunology Study Section B [CMIB]
Molecular Genetics A Study Section [MGA]
Molecular Genetics B Study Section [MGB]
Molecular Genetics C Study Section [MGC]
Macromolecular Structure and Function A Study Section [MSFA] 
Macromolecular Structure and Function B Study Section [MSFB]
Macromolecular Structure and Function C Study Section [MSFC]
Macromolecular Structure and Function D Study Section [MSFD]
Macromolecular Structure and Function E Study Section [MSFE]
Innate Immunity and Inflammation Study Section [III]
Membrane Biology and Protein Processing Study Section [MBPP]