[HTML][HTML] Gamma delta T-cell-based immune checkpoint therapy: attractive candidate for antitumor treatment

Z Gao, Y Bai, A Lin, A Jiang, C Zhou, Q Cheng, Z Liu… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
As a nontraditional T-cell subgroup, γδT cells have gained popularity in the field of
immunotherapy in recent years. They have extraordinary antitumor potential and prospects …

γδ T cells in homeostasis and host defence of epithelial barrier tissues

MM Nielsen, DA Witherden, WL Havran - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Epithelial surfaces line the body and provide a crucial interface between the body and the
external environment. Tissue-resident epithelial γδ T cells represent a major T cell …

Butyrophilin 2A1 is essential for phosphoantigen reactivity by γδ T cells

M Rigau, S Ostrouska, TS Fulford, DN Johnson… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION T cells represent a key component of the immune system that can
recognize foreign molecules (antigens) via cognate cell surface receptors termed T cell …

Genome-wide CRISPR–Cas9 screening reveals ubiquitous T cell cancer targeting via the monomorphic MHC class I-related protein MR1

MD Crowther, G Dolton, M Legut, ME Caillaud… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-independent, T cell–mediated targeting of cancer cells
would allow immune destruction of malignancies in all individuals. Here, we use genome …

The burgeoning family of unconventional T cells

DI Godfrey, AP Uldrich, J McCluskey, J Rossjohn… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
While most studies of T lymphocytes have focused on T cells reactive to complexes of
peptide and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins, many other types of T cells do …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphoantigens glue butyrophilin 3A1 and 2A1 to activate Vγ9Vδ2 T cells

L Yuan, X Ma, Y Yang, Y Qu, X Li, X Zhu, W Ma, J Duan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In both cancer and infections, diseased cells are presented to human Vγ9Vδ2 T cells
through an 'inside out'signalling process whereby structurally diverse phosphoantigen (pAg) …

γδ T cells in cancer

B Silva-Santos, K Serre, H Norell - Nature reviews immunology, 2015 - nature.com
With the promise of T cell-based therapy for cancer finally becoming reality, this Review
focuses on the less-studied γδ T cell lineage and its diverse responses to tumours. γδ T cells …

[HTML][HTML] Butyrophilin-2A1 directly binds germline-encoded regions of the Vγ9Vδ2 TCR and is essential for phosphoantigen sensing

MM Karunakaran, CR Willcox, M Salim, D Paletta… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Vγ9Vδ2 T cells respond in a TCR-dependent fashion to both microbial and host-
derived pyrophosphate compounds (phosphoantigens, or P-Ag). Butyrophilin-3A1 …

[HTML][HTML] Immunological mechanisms of human resistance to persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

JD Simmons, CM Stein, C Seshadri, M Campo… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a leading cause of mortality worldwide and establishes a
long-lived latent infection in a substantial proportion of the human population. Multiple lines …

[HTML][HTML] Epithelia use butyrophilin-like molecules to shape organ-specific γδ T cell compartments

RDM Barros, NA Roberts, RJ Dart, P Vantourout… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Many body surfaces harbor organ-specific γδ T cell compartments that contribute to tissue
integrity. Thus, murine dendritic epidermal T cells (DETCs) uniquely expressing T cell …