Understanding the drivers of MHC restriction of T cell receptors

NL La Gruta, S Gras, SR Daley, PG Thomas… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
T cell discrimination of self and non-self is predicated on αβ T cell receptor (TCR) co-
recognition of peptides presented by MHC molecules. Over the past 20 years, structurally …

[HTML][HTML] Clonally diverse CD38+ HLA-DR+ CD8+ T cells persist during fatal H7N9 disease

Z Wang, L Zhu, THO Nguyen, Y Wan, S Sant… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Severe influenza A virus (IAV) infection is associated with immune dysfunction. Here, we
show circulating CD8+ T-cell profiles from patients hospitalized with avian H7N9, seasonal …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting HLA CD4 immunogenicity in human populations

SK Dhanda, E Karosiene, L Edwards, A Grifoni… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background Prediction of T cell immunogenicity is a topic of considerable interest, both in
terms of basic understanding of the mechanisms of T cells responses and in terms of …

T cell receptor cross-reactivity expanded by dramatic peptide–MHC adaptability

TP Riley, LM Hellman, MH Gee, JL Mendoza… - Nature chemical …, 2018 - nature.com
T cell receptor cross-reactivity allows a fixed T cell repertoire to respond to a much larger
universe of potential antigens. Recent work has emphasized the importance of peptide …

[HTML][HTML] Single-Cell Approach to Influenza-Specific CD8+ T Cell Receptor Repertoires Across Different Age Groups, Tissues, and Following Influenza Virus Infection

S Sant, L Grzelak, Z Wang, A Pizzolla… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
CD8+ T cells recognizing antigenic peptides derived from conserved internal viral proteins
confer broad protection against distinct influenza viruses. As memory CD8+ T cells change …

Perturbed CD8+ T cell immunity across universal influenza epitopes in the elderly

THO Nguyen, S Sant, NL Bird, EJ Grant… - Journal of Leukocyte …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Influenza epidemics lead to severe illness, life-threatening complications, and deaths,
especially in the elderly. As CD8+ T cells are associated with rapid recovery from influenza …

[HTML][HTML] Divergent T-cell receptor recognition modes of a HLA-I restricted extended tumour-associated peptide

KF Chan, BS Gully, S Gras, DX Beringer… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-I molecules generally bind short peptides (8–10 amino
acids), although extended HLA-I restricted peptides (> 10 amino acids) can be presented to …

[HTML][HTML] Extending the breadth of influenza vaccines: status and prospects for a universal vaccine

A Fox, KM Quinn, K Subbarao - Drugs, 2018 - Springer
Despite the widespread use of seasonal influenza vaccines, there is urgent need for a
universal influenza vaccine to provide broad, long-term protection. A number of factors …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic abrogation of immune checkpoints in antigen-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte as a potential alternative to blockade immunotherapy

C Zhang, Y Peng, P Hublitz, H Zhang, T Dong - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
T cell function can be compromised during chronic infections or through continuous
exposure to tumor antigens by the action of immune checkpoint receptors, such as …

[HTML][HTML] TCR-mimic bispecific antibodies targeting LMP2A show potent activity against EBV malignancies

M Ahmed, A Lopez-Albaitero, D Pankov, BH Santich… - JCI insight, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
EBV infection is associated with a number of malignancies of clinical unmet need, including
Hodgkin lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, gastric cancer, and posttransplant …