[HTML][HTML] The quest for the best: how TCR affinity, avidity, and functional avidity affect TCR-engineered T-cell antitumor responses

D Campillo-Davo, D Flumens, E Lion - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the past decades, adoptive transfer of T cells has revolutionized cancer
immunotherapy. In particular, T-cell receptor (TCR) engineering of T cells has marked …

More tricks with tetramers: a practical guide to staining T cells with peptide–MHC multimers

G Dolton, K Tungatt, A Lloyd, V Bianchi… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Analysis of antigen‐specific T‐cell populations by flow cytometry with peptide–MHC (pMHC)
multimers is now commonplace. These reagents allow the tracking and phenotyping of T …

Avidity for antigen shapes clonal dominance in CD8+ T cell populations specific for persistent DNA viruses

DA Price, JM Brenchley, LE Ruff, MR Betts… - The Journal of …, 2005 - rupress.org
The forces that govern clonal selection during the genesis and maintenance of specific T cell
responses are complex, but amenable to decryption by interrogation of constituent …

Gene transfer of tumor-reactive TCR confers both high avidity and tumor reactivity to nonreactive peripheral blood mononuclear cells and tumor-infiltrating …

LA Johnson, B Heemskerk, DJ Powell… - The Journal of …, 2006 - journals.aai.org
Cell-based antitumor immunity is driven by CD8+ cytotoxic T cells bearing TCR that
recognize specific tumor-associated peptides bound to class I MHC molecules. Of several …

[HTML][HTML] CBFB-MYH11 fusion neoantigen enables T cell recognition and killing of acute myeloid leukemia

MA Biernacki, KA Foster, KB Woodward… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Proteins created from recurrent fusion genes like CBFB-MYH11 are prevalent in acute
myeloid leukemia (AML), often necessary for leukemogenesis, persistent throughout the …

[HTML][HTML] Different T cell receptor affinity thresholds and CD8 coreceptor dependence govern cytotoxic T lymphocyte activation and tetramer binding properties

B Laugel, HA van den Berg, E Gostick, DK Cole… - Journal of Biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
T cells have evolved a unique system of ligand recognition involving an antigen T cell
receptor (TCR) and a coreceptor that integrate stimuli provided by the engagement of …

Tricks with tetramers: how to get the most from multimeric peptide–MHC

L Wooldridge, A Lissina, DK Cole… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The development of fluorochrome‐conjugated peptide–major histocompatibility complex
(pMHC) multimers in conjunction with continuing advances in flow cytometry has …

Selection of T cell clones expressing high-affinity public TCRs within human cytomegalovirus-specific CD8 T cell responses

L Trautmann, M Rimbert, K Echasserieau… - The Journal of …, 2005 - journals.aai.org
Assessment of clonal diversity of T cell responses against human CMV (HCMV), a major
cause of morbidity in immunodepressed patients, provides important insights into the …

Amino acids and immune response: a role for cysteine, glutamine, phenylalanine, tryptophan and arginine in T-cell function and cancer?

AK Sikalidis - Pathology & Oncology Research, 2015 - Springer
While proteins are critical for immunity, T-cells constitute a critical component of adaptive
immunity by clearing cancerous cells among other abnormal cells. However, cancer cells …

CD8 coreceptor engagement of MR1 enhances antigen responsiveness by human MAIT and other MR1-reactive T cells

MNT Souter, W Awad, S Li, TJ Pediongco… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells detect microbial infection via recognition of
riboflavin-based antigens presented by the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) …