To the group, the pictures were instantly understandable and unequivocal: like the synapses that form the critical junctures between neurons in neural communication networks, the contacts between the immune cells involved organized aggregates of proteins.

• 对这些免疫学者而言，这些影像令人一目了然：就如同在神经沟通的网络里，突触成为神经元之间的重要连接点；免疫细胞之间的接触点，也聚集著结构分明的蛋白质。