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<正>TRAF2 is a critical adaptor molecule for TNF receptors in inflammatory and immune signaling. Upon receptor engagement, TRAF2 is recruited to CD40 and translocates to lipid rafts in a RING finger-dependent process, which enables the activation of downstream kinases. TRAF1 can displace TRAF2 and CD40 from raft fractions, and it promotes the ability of TRAF2 to sustain signal activation. Replacement of the RING finger of TRAF2 with a raft-targeting signal restores JNK activation and association with the cytoskeletal protein Filamin, but not NF-KB activation. TRAF1-/-dendritic cells show attenuated responses