Translating gammadelta (γδ) T cells and their receptors into cancer cell therapies

Z Sebestyen, I Prinz, J Déchanet-Merville… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Clinical responses to checkpoint inhibitors used for cancer immunotherapy seemingly
require the presence of αβT cells that recognize tumour neoantigens, and are therefore …

Thymic development of unconventional T cells: how NKT cells, MAIT cells and γδ T cells emerge

DG Pellicci, HF Koay, SP Berzins - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
T cell lineages are defined by specialized functions and differential expression of surface
antigens, cytokines and transcription factors. Conventional CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are the …

Butyrophilin 2A1 is essential for phosphoantigen reactivity by γδ T cells

M Rigau, S Ostrouska, TS Fulford, DN Johnson… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION T cells represent a key component of the immune system that can
recognize foreign molecules (antigens) via cognate cell surface receptors termed T cell …

γδ T cells in homeostasis and host defence of epithelial barrier tissues

MM Nielsen, DA Witherden, WL Havran - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Epithelial surfaces line the body and provide a crucial interface between the body and the
external environment. Tissue-resident epithelial γδ T cells represent a major T cell …

The burgeoning family of unconventional T cells

DI Godfrey, AP Uldrich, J McCluskey, J Rossjohn… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
While most studies of T lymphocytes have focused on T cells reactive to complexes of
peptide and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins, many other types of T cells do …

Phosphoantigens glue butyrophilin 3A1 and 2A1 to activate Vγ9Vδ2 T cells

L Yuan, X Ma, Y Yang, Y Qu, X Li, X Zhu, W Ma, J Duan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In both cancer and infections, diseased cells are presented to human Vγ9Vδ2 T cells
through an 'inside out'signalling process whereby structurally diverse phosphoantigen (pAg) …

Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

A Cossarizza, HD Chang, A Radbruch… - European journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The third edition of Flow Cytometry Guidelines provides the key aspects to consider when
performing flow cytometry experiments and includes comprehensive sections describing …

Ligand recognition by the γδ TCR and discrimination between homeostasis and stress conditions

M Deseke, I Prinz - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
T lymphocytes comprise cells expressing either an αβ or a γδ TCR. The riddle how αβ TCRs
are triggered by specific peptides presented in the context of MHC was elucidated some …

The human Vδ2+ T-cell compartment comprises distinct innate-like Vγ9+ and adaptive Vγ9- subsets

MS Davey, CR Willcox, S Hunter… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Vδ2+ T cells form the predominant human γδ T-cell population in peripheral blood and
mediate T-cell receptor (TCR)-dependent anti-microbial and anti-tumour immunity. Here we …

Human gamma delta T cells: evolution and ligand recognition

EJ Adams, S Gu, AM Luoma - Cellular immunology, 2015 - Elsevier
The γδ T cell lineage in humans remains much of an enigma due to the low number of
defined antigens, the non-canonical ways in which these cells respond to their environment …