A guide to antigen processing and presentation

N Pishesha, TJ Harmand, HL Ploegh - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Antigen processing and presentation are the cornerstones of adaptive immunity. B cells
cannot generate high-affinity antibodies without T cell help. CD4+ T cells, which provide …

Natural killer cells: from innate to adaptive features

AM Mujal, RB Delconte, JC Sun - Annual review of immunology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that provide critical host defense against
pathogens and cancer. Originally heralded for their early and rapid effector activity, NK cells …

Peptide-specific recognition of human cytomegalovirus strains controls adaptive natural killer cells

Q Hammer, T Rückert, EM Borst, J Dunst… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that lack antigen-specific rearranged
receptors, a hallmark of adaptive lymphocytes. In some people infected with human …

A multilayered immune system through the lens of unconventional T cells

T Mayassi, LB Barreiro, J Rossjohn, B Jabri - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The unconventional T cell compartment encompasses a variety of cell subsets that straddle
the line between innate and adaptive immunity, often reside at mucosal surfaces and can …

Generation of hypoimmunogenic T cells from genetically engineered allogeneic human induced pluripotent stem cells

B Wang, S Iriguchi, M Waseda, N Ueda… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
Avoiding the immune rejection of transplanted T cells is central to the success of allogeneic
cancer immunotherapies. One solution to protecting T-cell grafts from immune rejection …

The pathogenesis of human cytomegalovirus

P Griffiths, I Baraniak, M Reeves - The Journal of pathology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a recognized cause of disease in the fetus, the allograft
recipient and AIDS patients. More recently, it has been recognized as a pathogen for those …

Balancing natural killer cell activation through paired receptors

L Martinet, MJ Smyth - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that are crucial for the control of infections
and malignancies. NK cells express a variety of inhibitory and activating receptors that …

Quantitative temporal viromics: an approach to investigate host-pathogen interaction

MP Weekes, P Tomasec, EL Huttlin, CA Fielding… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
A systematic quantitative analysis of temporal changes in host and viral proteins throughout
the course of a productive infection could provide dynamic insights into virus-host …

Expansion of a unique CD57+NKG2Chi natural killer cell subset during acute human cytomegalovirus infection

S Lopez-Vergès, JM Milush… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
During human CMV infection, there is a preferential expansion of natural killer (NK) cells
expressing the activating CD94–NKG2C receptor complex, implicating this receptor in the …

Natural killer cell specificity for viral infections

Q Hammer, T Rückert, C Romagnani - Nature immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that contribute to the early immune responses to
viruses. NK cells are innate immune cells that do not express rearranged antigen receptors …