[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the TCR repertoire as a predictive and prognostic biomarker in cancer: diversity or clonality?

A Aran, L Garrigós, G Curigliano, J Cortés, M Martí - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The TCR is the T cell antigen receptor, and it is responsible of the T cell
activation, through the HLA-antigen complex recognition. Studying the TCR repertoire in …

Suboptimal SARS-CoV-2−specific CD8+ T cell response associated with the prominent HLA-A*02:01 phenotype

JR Habel, THO Nguyen… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
An improved understanding of human T cell-mediated immunity in COVID-19 is important for
optimizing therapeutic and vaccine strategies. Experience with influenza shows that …

[HTML][HTML] CD8+ T cells specific for an immunodominant SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid epitope display high naive precursor frequency and TCR promiscuity

THO Nguyen, LC Rowntree, J Petersen, BY Chua… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
To better understand primary and recall T cell responses during coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19), it is important to examine unmanipulated severe acute respiratory syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] T memory stem cell characteristics in autoimmune diseases and their promising therapeutic values

P Fazeli, M Kalani, M Hosseini - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Memory T cells are conventionally subdivided into T central memory (TCM) and T effector
memory (TEM) cells. However, a new subset of memory T cells named T memory stem cell …

CD1a-mediated immunity from a molecular perspective

M Wegrecki - Molecular Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Human CD1a is a non-polymorphic glycoprotein that presents lipid antigens to T cells. The
most obvious role of CD1a is associated with its expression on Langerhans cells in …

[HTML][HTML] Divergent HLA variations and heterogeneous expression but recurrent HLA loss-of- heterozygosity and common HLA-B and TAP transcriptional silencing …

WC Lim, ME Marques Da Costa, K Godefroy… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system is a major factor controlling cancer
immunosurveillance and response to immunotherapy, yet its status in pediatric cancers …

[HTML][HTML] Application and design of switches used in CAR

P Głowacki, P Rieske - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Among the many oncology therapies, few have generated as much excitement as CAR-T.
The success of CAR therapy would not have been possible without the many discoveries …

In silico and immunoinformatics based multiepitope subunit vaccine design for protection against visceral leishmaniasis

D Bhowmik, A Bhuyan, S Gunalan… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a vector-borne neglected tropical protozoan disease with high
fatality and no certified vaccine. Conventional vaccine preparation is challenging and …

[HTML][HTML] An immunoinformatics study reveals a new BoLA-DR-restricted CD4+ T cell epitopes on the Gag protein of bovine leukemia virus

A Pluta, TM Taxis, F van der Meer, S Shrestha… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is the causative agent of enzootic bovine leucosis (EBL), which
has been reported worldwide. The expression of viral structural proteins: surface …

Innate and adaptive immunity toward influenza B viruses

L Hensen, K Kedzierska, M Koutsakos - Future Microbiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Despite annual vaccination, influenza B viruses (IBV) cause significant disease with
substantial health and socio-economic impacts. Novel vaccination strategies inducing …