Regulation of the cell biology of antigen cross-presentation

JM Blander - Annual review of immunology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Antigen cross-presentation is an adaptation of the cellular process of loading MHC-I
molecules with endogenous peptides during their biosynthesis within the endoplasmic …

Chitosan in non-viral gene delivery: Role of structure, characterization methods, and insights in cancer and rare diseases therapies

B Santos-Carballal, E Fernández Fernández… - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Non-viral gene delivery vectors have lagged far behind viral ones in the current pipeline of
clinical trials of gene therapy nanomedicines. Even when non-viral nanovectors pose less …

Innate immune training of granulopoiesis promotes anti-tumor activity

L Kalafati, I Kourtzelis, J Schulte-Schrepping, X Li… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Trained innate immunity, induced via modulation of mature myeloid cells or their bone
marrow progenitors, mediates sustained increased responsiveness to secondary …

Gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome in a severely affected adult

EC Morris, T Fox, R Chakraverty… - Blood, The Journal …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
Until recently, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was the only curative option for
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS). The first attempts at gene therapy for WAS using a ϒ …

Understanding immunoactinopathies: A decade of research on WAS gene defects

RC Vieira, LG Pinho… - Pediatric Allergy and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immunoactinopathies caused by mutations in actin‐related proteins are a growing group of
inborn errors of immunity (IEI). Immunoactinopathies are caused by a dysregulated actin …

Wiskott‐Aldrich syndrome protein: emerging mechanisms in immunity

E Rivers, AJ Thrasher - European journal of immunology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) participates in innate and adaptive
immunity through regulation of actin cytoskeleton‐dependent cellular processes, including …

Actin cytoskeleton straddling the immunological synapse between cytotoxic lymphocytes and cancer cells

H Wurzer, C Hoffmann, A Al Absi, C Thomas - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The immune system is a fundamental part of the tumor microenvironment. In particular,
cytotoxic lymphocytes, such as cytolytic T cells and natural killer cells, control tumor growth …

Self-DNA sensing by cGAS-STING and TLR9 in autoimmunity: is the cytoskeleton in control?

R Amadio, GM Piperno, F Benvenuti - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Modified or misplaced DNA can be recognized as a danger signal by mammalian cells.
Activation of cellular responses to DNA has evolved as a defense mechanism to microbial …

RAC2 and primary human immune deficiencies

V Lougaris, M Baronio, L Gazzurelli… - Journal of Leucocyte …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
RAC2 is a GTPase that is exclusively expressed in hematopoietic cells. Animal models have
suggested important roles for RAC2 in the biology of different cell types, such as neutrophils …

Increased cross-presentation by dendritic cells and enhanced anti-tumour therapy using the Arp2/3 inhibitor CK666

MMS Oliveira, R D'Aulerio, T Yong, M He… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Dendritic cell (DC) vaccines for cancer therapy offer the possibility to let the
patient's own immune system kill cancer cells. However, DC vaccines have shown less …