Structural and physical features that distinguish tumor-controlling from inactive cancer neoepitopes

JM Custodio, CM Ayres, TJ Rosales… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Neoepitopes arising from amino acid substitutions due to single nucleotide polymorphisms
are targets of T cell immune responses to cancer and are of significant interest in the …

TCR-T cell therapy: current development approaches, preclinical evaluation, and perspectives on regulatory challenges

EA Golikova, AA Alshevskaya, S Alrhmoun… - Journal of translational …, 2024 - Springer
TCR-T cell therapy represents a promising advancement in adoptive immunotherapy for
cancer treatment. Despite its potential, the development and preclinical testing of TCR-T …

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 …

TCR3d 2.0: expanding the T cell receptor structure database with new structures, tools and interactions

V Lin, M Cheung, R Gowthaman… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recognition of antigens by T cell receptors (TCRs) is a key component of adaptive immunity.
Understanding the structures of these TCR interactions provides major insights into immune …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Strengths and limitations of web servers for the modeling of TCRpMHC complexes

HN Le, MV de Freitas, DA Antunes - Computational and Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cellular immunity relies on the ability of a T-cell receptor (TCR) to recognize a peptide (p)
presented by a class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) receptor on the surface of a …

Targeting peptide antigens using a multiallelic MHC I-binding system

H Du, L Mallik, D Hwang, Y Sun, C Kaku… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Identifying highly specific T cell receptors (TCRs) or antibodies against epitopic peptides
presented by class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC I) proteins remains a bottleneck …

RankMHC: Learning to Rank Class-I Peptide-MHC Structural Models

R Fasoulis, G Paliouras, LE Kavraki - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The binding of peptides to class-I Major Histocompability Complex (MHC) receptors and
their subsequent recognition downstream by T-cell receptors are crucial processes for most …

Quantifying conformational changes in the TCR: pMHC-I binding interface

B McMaster, CJ Thorpe, J Rossjohn… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background T cells form one of the key pillars of adaptive immunity. Using their surface
bound T cell antigen receptors (TCRs), these cells screen millions of antigens presented by …