Conformational plasticity of RAS Q61 family of neoepitopes results in distinct features for targeted recognition

AC McShan, D Flores-Solis, Y Sun, SE Garfinkle… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The conformational landscapes of peptide/human leucocyte antigen (pHLA) protein
complexes encompassing tumor neoantigens provide a rationale for target selection …

Universal open MHC-I molecules for rapid peptide loading and enhanced complex stability across HLA allotypes

Y Sun, MC Young, CH Woodward… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The polymorphic nature and intrinsic instability of class I major histocompatibility complex
(MHC-I) and MHC-like molecules loaded with suboptimal peptides, metabolites, or …

Structural principles of peptide-centric chimeric antigen receptor recognition guide therapeutic expansion

Y Sun, TJ Florio, S Gupta, MC Young, QF Marshall… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Peptide-centric chimeric antigen receptors (PC-CARs) recognize oncoprotein epitopes
displayed by cell-surface human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) and offer a promising strategy …

Oxidative stress, defective proteostasis and immunometabolic complications in critically ill patients

F Galli, D Bartolini, C Ronco - European Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative stress (OS) develops in critically ill patients as a metabolic consequence of the
immunoinflammatory and degenerative processes of the tissues. These induce increased …

A Chicken Tapasin ortholog can chaperone empty HLA-B∗ 37: 01 molecules independent of other peptide-loading components

GF Papadaki, CH Woodward, MC Young… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Human Tapasin (hTapasin) is the main chaperone of MHC-I molecules, enabling peptide
loading and antigen repertoire optimization across HLA allotypes. However, it is restricted to …

[PDF][PDF] Chaperone-mediated MHC-I peptide exchange in antigen presentation

J Jiang, K Natarajan, DH Margulies - IUCrJ, 2024 - journals.iucr.org
This work focuses on molecules that are encoded by the major histocompatibility complex
(MHC) and that bind self-, foreign-or tumor-derived peptides and display these at the cell …

The ER folding sensor UGGT1 acts on TAPBPR-chaperoned peptide-free MHC I

L Sagert, C Winter, I Ruppert, M Zehetmaier, C Thomas… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Adaptive immune responses are triggered by antigenic peptides presented on major
histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) at the surface of pathogen-infected or cancerous …

[HTML][HTML] Hippo-signaling-controlled MHC class I antigen processing and presentation pathway potentiates antitumor immunity

L Peng, L Zhou, H Li, X Zhang, S Li, K Wang, M Yang… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
The major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC class I)-mediated tumor antigen
processing and presentation (APP) pathway is essential for the recruitment and activation of …

CryoEM structure of an MHC-I/TAPBPR peptide bound intermediate reveals the mechanism of antigen proofreading

Y Sun, RA Pumroy, L Mallik, A Chaudhuri, C Wang… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I) proteins play a pivotal role in adaptive
immunity by displaying epitopic peptides to CD8+ T cells. The chaperones tapasin and …

A Chicken Tapasin ortholog can chaperone empty HLA molecules independently of other peptide-loading components

GF Papadaki, CH Woodward, MC Young, TJ Winters… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Human Tapasin (hTapasin) is the main chaperone of MHC-I molecules, enabling peptide
loading and antigen repertoire optimization across HLA allotypes. However, it is restricted to …