Integrin inside-out signaling and the immunological synapse

TA Springer, ML Dustin - Current opinion in cell biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Integrins dynamically equilibrate between three conformational states on cell surfaces. A
bent conformation has a closed headpiece. Two extended conformations contain either a …

The immunological synapse

ML Dustin - Cancer immunology research, 2014 - AACR
The molecular interactions underlying regulation of the immune response take place in a
nanoscale gap between T cells and antigen-presenting cells, termed the immunological …

CAR T cell killing requires the IFNγR pathway in solid but not liquid tumours

RC Larson, MC Kann, SR Bailey, NJ Haradhvala… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy has had a transformative effect on the treatment of
haematologic malignancies,,,,–, but it has shown limited efficacy against solid tumours. Solid …

Eomes-dependent loss of the co-activating receptor CD226 restrains CD8+ T cell anti-tumor functions and limits the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy

M Weulersse, A Asrir, AC Pichler, L Lemaitre, M Braun… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
CD8+ T cells within the tumor microenvironment (TME) are exposed to various signals that
ultimately determine functional outcomes. Here, we examined the role of the co-activating …

Molecular profiling of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma identifies robust subtypes including one characterized by host inflammatory response

S Monti, KJ Savage, JL Kutok, F Feuerhake, P Kurtin… - Blood, 2005 - ashpublications.org
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogeneous disease with recognized
variability in clinical outcome, genetic features, and cells of origin. To date, transcriptional …

Complexities of CD28/B7: CTLA-4 costimulatory pathways in autoimmunity and transplantation

B Salomon, JA Bluestone - Annual review of immunology, 2001 - annualreviews.org
Recent advances in the understanding of T cell activation have led to new therapeutic
approaches in the treatment of immunological disorders. One attractive target of intervention …

Combination cancer immunotherapy targeting PD-1 and GITR can rescue CD8+ T cell dysfunction and maintain memory phenotype

B Wang, W Zhang, V Jankovic, J Golubov, P Poon… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Most patients with cancer do not develop durable antitumor responses after programmed
cell death protein 1 (PD-1) or programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) checkpoint inhibition …

Functional anatomy of T cell activation and synapse formation

DR Fooksman, S Vardhana… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
T cell activation and function require a structured engagement of antigen-presenting cells.
These cell contacts are characterized by two distinct dynamics in vivo: transient contacts …

The discriminatory power of the T cell receptor

J Pettmann, A Huhn, E Abu Shah, MA Kutuzov… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
T cells use their T cell receptors (TCRs) to discriminate between lower-affinity self and
higher-affinity non-self peptides presented on major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) …

Intracellular signalling controlling integrin activation in lymphocytes

T Kinashi - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2005 - nature.com
Since the discovery that integrins at the surface of lymphocytes undergo dynamic changes in
their adhesive activity after stimulation through the T-cell receptor or stimulation with …