Cell biology of T cell receptor expression and regulation

A Alcover, B Alarcón, V Di Bartolo - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
T cell receptors (TCRs) are protein complexes formed by six different polypeptides. In most T
cells, TCRs are composed of αβ subunits displaying immunoglobulin-like variable domains …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of T cells activation by dendritic cells in autoimmune diseases

Y Tai, Q Wang, H Korner, L Zhang, W Wei - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The interaction between T cell and dendritic cells (DCs) that leads to T cell activation affects
the progression of the immune response including autoimmune diseases. Antigen …

Chimeric antigen receptor T cells form nonclassical and potent immune synapses driving rapid cytotoxicity

AJ Davenport, RS Cross, KA Watson… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells are effective serial killers with a faster off-rate from
dying tumor cells than CAR-T cells binding target cells through their T cell receptor (TCR) …

[HTML][HTML] Actin depletion initiates events leading to granule secretion at the immunological synapse

AT Ritter, Y Asano, JC Stinchcombe, NMG Dieckmann… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) use polarized secretion to rapidly destroy virally infected
and tumor cells. To understand the temporal relationships between key events leading to …

Bin1 and CD 2 AP polarise the endocytic generation of beta‐amyloid

F Ubelmann, T Burrinha, L Salavessa, R Gomes… - EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
The mechanisms driving pathological beta‐amyloid (Aβ) generation in late‐onset
Alzheimer's disease (AD) are unclear. Two late‐onset AD risk factors, Bin1 and CD 2 AP, are …

Origins of the cytolytic synapse

M de la Roche, Y Asano, GM Griffiths - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) kill virus-infected and tumour cells with remarkable
specificity. Upon recognition, CTLs form a cytolytic immune synapse with their target cell …

Signaling and polarized communication across the T cell immunological synapse

ML Dustin, K Choudhuri - Annual review of cell and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
T cells express a somatically recombined antigen receptor (αβTCR) that is calibrated during
development to respond to changes in peptides displayed by major histocompatibility …

[HTML][HTML] Coordinating cytoskeleton and molecular traffic in T cell migration, activation, and effector functions

M Mastrogiovanni, M Juzans, A Alcover… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Dynamic localization of receptors and signaling molecules at the plasma membrane and
within intracellular vesicular compartments is crucial for T lymphocyte sensing …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin organization at the nuclear pore favours HIV replication

M Lelek, N Casartelli, D Pellin, E Rizzi… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The molecular mechanisms that allow HIV to integrate into particular sites of the host
genome are poorly understood. Here we tested if the nuclear pore complex (NPC) facilitates …

[HTML][HTML] ERM-dependent assembly of T cell receptor signaling and co-stimulatory molecules on microvilli prior to activation

S Ghosh, V Di Bartolo, L Tubul, E Shimoni… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
T cell surfaces are covered with microvilli, actin-rich and flexible protrusions. We use super-
resolution microscopy to show that≥ 90% of T cell receptor (TCR) complex molecules …