From TCR fundamental research to innovative chimeric antigen receptor design

S Minguet, MV Maus, WW Schamel - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Engineered T cells that express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have transformed the
treatment of haematological cancers. CARs combine the tumour-antigen-binding function of …

αβ and γδ T cell receptors: Similar but different

A Morath, WW Schamel - Journal of leukocyte biology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
There are 2 populations of T lymphocytes, αβ T and γδ T cells, that can be distinguished by
the expression of either an αβ TCR or a γδ TCR, respectively. Pairing of the Ag binding …

Noncanonical binding of Lck to CD3ε promotes TCR signaling and CAR function

FA Hartl, E Beck-Garcìa, NM Woessner… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Initiation of T cell antigen receptor (TCR) signaling involves phosphorylation of CD3
cytoplasmic tails by the tyrosine kinase Lck. How Lck is recruited to the TCR to initiate …

Selected signalling proteins recruited to the T‐cell receptor–CD3 complex

J Ngoenkam, WW Schamel, S Pongcharoen - Immunology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The T‐cell receptor (TCR)–CD3 complex, expressed on T cells, determines the outcome of a
T‐cell response. It consists of the TCR‐αβ heterodimer and the non‐covalently associated …

Structural understanding of T cell receptor triggering

X Xu, H Li, C Xu - Cellular & Molecular Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
The T cell receptor (TCR) is one of the most complicated receptors in mammalian cells, and
its triggering mechanism remains mysterious. As an octamer complex, TCR comprises an …

The TCR is an allosterically regulated macromolecular machinery changing its conformation while working

WW Schamel, B Alarcon, S Minguet - Immunological reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The αβ T‐cell receptor (TCR) is a multiprotein complex controlling the activation of T cells.
Although the structure of the complete TCR is not known, cumulative evidence supports that …

Key links in the physiological regulation of the immune system and disease induction: T cell receptor-CD3 complex

D Liu, X Hu, Z Chen, W Wei, Y Wu - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2024 - Elsevier
T cell receptor (TCR) is a kind of surface marker that are specific to T cells. The TCR
regulates T cell function and participates in the body's immunological response to prevent …

T cell reprogramming against cancer

SG Katz, PM Rabinovich - Cell Reprogramming for Immunotherapy …, 2019 - Springer
Advances in academic and clinical studies during the last several years have resulted in
practical outcomes in adoptive immune therapy of cancer. Immune cells can be programmed …

Nck adaptors at a glance

BC Bywaters, GM Rivera - Journal of Cell Science, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
The non-catalytic region of tyrosine kinase (Nck) family of adaptors, consisting of Nck1 and
Nck2, contributes to selectivity and specificity in the flow of cellular information by recruiting …

A sensitive S-Trap-based approach to the analysis of T cell lipid raft proteome

C Chhuon, SY Zhang, V Jung, D Lewandowski… - Journal of Lipid …, 2020 - ASBMB
The analysis of T cell lipid raft proteome is challenging due to the highly dynamic nature of
rafts and the hydrophobic character of raft-resident proteins. We explored an innovative …