T‐cell receptor binding affinities and kinetics: impact on T‐cell activity and specificity

JD Stone, AS Chervin, DM Kranz - Immunology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between the T‐cell receptor (TCR) and its peptide–major histocompatibility
complex (pepMHC) ligand plays a critical role in determining the activity and specificity of …

Engineering strategies to enhance TCR-based adoptive T cell therapy

JA Rath, C Arber - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
T cell receptor (TCR)-based adoptive T cell therapies (ACT) hold great promise for the
treatment of cancer, as TCRs can cover a broad range of target antigens. Here we …

Tracking epitope-specific T cells

JJ Moon, HH Chu, J Hataye, AJ Pagán, M Pepper… - Nature protocols, 2009 - nature.com
The tracking of antigen-specific T cells in vivo is a useful approach for the study of the
adaptive immune response. This protocol describes how populations of T cells specific for a …

Capture agents and related methods and systems for detecting and/or sorting targets

GA Kwong, CG Radu, O Witte, JR Heath… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
Polynucleotide-encoded capture agents for target detection and in particular modular
polynucleotide-capture agents comprising a target binding component, a scaffold compo …

Detection of GAD65-specific T-cells by major histocompatibility complex class II tetramers in type 1 diabetic patients and at-risk subjects

H Reijonen, EJ Novak, S Kochik, A Heninger… - Diabetes, 2002 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Soluble HLA-DR401 or-DR404 tetramers containing a peptide corresponding to an
immunodominant epitope from human GAD65 were used to analyze peripheral blood T …

Class II major histocompatibility complex tetramer staining: progress, problems, and prospects

SS Vollers, LJ Stern - Immunology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The use of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) tetramers in the detection and analysis
of antigen‐specific T cells has become more widespread since its introduction 11 years ago …

Nanoparticle-based modulation of CD4+ T cell effector and helper functions enhances adoptive immunotherapy

A Isser, AB Silver, HC Pruitt, M Mass, EH Elias… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Helper (CD4+) T cells perform direct therapeutic functions and augment responses
of cells such as cytotoxic (CD8+) T cells against a wide variety of diseases and pathogens …

Modular nucleic acid assembled p/MHC microarrays for multiplexed sorting of antigen-specific T cells

GA Kwong, CG Radu, K Hwang, CJ Shu… - Journal of the …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The human immune system consists of a large number of T cells capable of recognizing and
responding to antigens derived from various sources. The development of peptide-major …

Quantitative challenges in understanding ligand discrimination by αβ T cells

O Feinerman, RN Germain, G Altan-Bonnet - Molecular immunology, 2008 - Elsevier
To fight viral or bacterial infections effectively without endangering their own viability,
vertebrate organisms rely on the ability of their adaptive immune system to distinguish self …

Identification of type II collagen peptide 261–273‐specific T cell clones in a patient with relapsing polychondritis

JH Buckner, M Van Landeghen, WW Kwok… - Arthritis & …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To characterize and clone T cells specific for type II collagen (CII) in a patient with
relapsing polychondritis (RP) and to establish whether the immunodominant epitope of CII …