New insights into TCR β-selection

A Dutta, B Zhao, PE Love - Trends in Immunology, 2021 - cell.com
T cell receptor (TCR) β-selection (herein referred to as β-selection) is a pivotal checkpoint in
mammalian T cell development when immature CD4–CD8–T-cells (thymocytes) express pre …

[HTML][HTML] What's self got to do with it: Sources of heterogeneity among naive T cells

S This, D Rogers, ÈM Gauthier, JN Mandl… - Seminars in …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a long-standing assumption that naive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are largely
homogeneous populations despite the extraordinary diversity of their T cell receptors (TCR) …

Molecular basis of differential HLA class I-restricted T cell recognition of a highly networked HIV peptide

X Li, NK Singh, DR Collins, R Ng, A Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte (CTL) mediated control of HIV-1 is enhanced by targeting
highly networked epitopes in complex with human-leukocyte-antigen-class-I (HLA-I) …

Mechanobiology of T cell activation: to catch a bond

B Liu, EM Kolawole, BD Evavold - Annual Review of Cell and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
T cell activation is a critical event in the adaptive immune response, indispensable for cell-
mediated and humoral immunity as well as for immune regulation. Recent years have …

Harnessing αβ T cell receptor mechanobiology to achieve the promise of immuno-oncology

EL Reinherz, W Hwang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
T cell receptors (TCR) on cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTLs) recognize" foreign" antigens bound
in the groove of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules (H-2 in mouse and HLA …

Pre-T cell receptor self-MHC sampling restricts thymocyte dedifferentiation

JS Duke-Cohan, A Akitsu, RJ Mallis, CM Messier… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Programming T cells to distinguish self from non-self is a vital, multi-step process that occurs
in the thymus,,–. Signalling through the pre-T cell receptor (preTCR), a CD3-associated …

Notch partners in the long journey of T-ALL pathogenesis

ML Toribio, S González-García - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive hematological disease that
arises from the oncogenic transformation of developing T cells during T-lymphopoiesis …

The perception and response of T cells to a changing environment are based on the law of initial value

ES Huseby, E Teixeiro - Science signaling, 2022 - science.org
αβ T cells are critical components of the adaptive immune system and are capable of
inducing sterilizing immunity after pathogen infection and eliminating transformed tumor …

Pre-T cell receptor localization and trafficking are independent of its signaling

AI Smid, SJ Garforth, MS Obaid, HR Bollons… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
Expression of the pre-T cell receptor (preTCR) is an important checkpoint during the
development of T cells, an essential cell type of our adaptive immune system. The preTCR …

A set point in the selection of the αβTCR T cell repertoire imposed by pre-TCR signaling strength

ER Bovolenta, EM García-Cuesta… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Signaling via the T cell receptor (TCR) is critical during the development, maintenance, and
activation of T cells. Quantitative aspects of TCR signaling have an important role during …