T cell receptor therapeutics: immunological targeting of the intracellular cancer proteome

CA Klebanoff, SS Chandran, BM Baker… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
The T cell receptor (TCR) complex is a naturally occurring antigen sensor that detects,
amplifies and coordinates cellular immune responses to epitopes derived from cell surface …

Can AlphaFold's breakthrough in protein structure help decode the fundamental principles of adaptive cellular immunity?

B McMaster, C Thorpe, G Ogg, CM Deane, H Koohy - Nature Methods, 2024 - nature.com
T cells are essential immune cells responsible for identifying and eliminating pathogens.
Through interactions between their T-cell antigen receptors (TCRs) and antigens presented …

The screening, identification, design and clinical application of tumor-specific neoantigens for TCR-T cells

J Li, Z Xiao, D Wang, L Jia, S Nie, X Zeng, W Hu - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Recent advances in neoantigen research have accelerated the development of tumor
immunotherapies, including adoptive cell therapies (ACTs), cancer vaccines and antibody …

Antigen discrimination by T cells relies on size-constrained microvillar contact

E Jenkins, M Körbel, C O'Brien-Ball, J McColl… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
T cells use finger-like protrusions called 'microvilli'to interrogate their targets, but why they do
so is unknown. To form contacts, T cells must overcome the highly charged, barrier-like layer …

Structural principles of B cell antigen receptor assembly

Y Dong, X Pi, F Bartels-Burgahn, D Saltukoglu, Z Liang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The B cell antigen receptor (BCR) is composed of a membrane-bound class M, D, G, E or A
immunoglobulin for antigen recognition,–and a disulfide-linked Igα (also known as CD79A) …

Structural insights into the high-affinity IgE receptor FcεRI complex

M Deng, S Du, H Hou, J Xiao - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Immunoglobulin E (IgE) plays a pivotal role in allergic responses,. The high-affinity IgE
receptor, FcεRI, found on mast cells and basophils, is central to the effector functions of IgE …

Self-programmed dynamics of T cell receptor condensation

H Chen, X Xu, W Hu, S Wu, J Xiao… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
A common event upon receptor–ligand engagement is the formation of receptor clusters on
the cell surface, in which signaling molecules are specifically recruited or excluded to form …

Defining and studying B cell receptor and TCR interactions

CG Rappazzo, ML Fernández-Quintero… - The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.aai.org
Abstract BCRs (Abs) and TCRs (or adaptive immune receptors [AIRs]) are the means by
which the adaptive immune system recognizes foreign and self-antigens, playing an integral …

Mechanical force matters in early T cell activation

M Fritzsche, K Kruse - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - pnas.org
Mechanical force has repeatedly been highlighted to be involved in T cell activation.
However, the biological significance of mechanical force for T cell receptor signaling …

Modulating T cell responses by targeting CD3

AP Menon, B Moreno, D Meraviglia-Crivelli, F Nonatelli… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary CD3 complex provides the first signal sensed by the TCR of the
lymphocyte to trigger its activation. Thus, it becomes a very attractive receptor to determine …