Structural dissimilarity from self drives neoepitope escape from immune tolerance

JR Devlin, JA Alonso, CM Ayres, GLJ Keller… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
T-cell recognition of peptides incorporating nonsynonymous mutations, or neoepitopes, is a
cornerstone of tumor immunity and forms the basis of new immunotherapy approaches …

PDBparam: online resource for computing structural parameters of proteins

R Nagarajan, A Archana… - … and Biology insights, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Understanding the structure–function relationship in proteins is a longstanding goal in
molecular and computational biology. The development of structure-based parameters has …

A class-mismatched TCR bypasses MHC restriction via an unorthodox but fully functional binding geometry

NK Singh, JA Alonso, JR Devlin, GLJ Keller… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
MHC restriction, which describes the binding of TCRs from CD4+ T cells to class II MHC
proteins and TCRs from CD8+ T cells to class I MHC proteins, is a hallmark of immunology …

Validation and promise of a TCR mimic antibody for cancer immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

C Liu, H Liu, M Dasgupta, LM Hellman, X Zhang… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies are at the vanguard of the most promising cancer treatments.
Whereas traditional therapeutic antibodies have been limited to extracellular antigens, T cell …

How structural adaptability exists alongside HLA-A2 bias in the human αβ TCR repertoire

SJ Blevins, BG Pierce, NK Singh… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
How T-cell receptors (TCRs) can be intrinsically biased toward MHC proteins while
simultaneously display the structural adaptability required to engage diverse ligands …

Comprehensive analysis of heterotrimeric G-protein complex diversity and their interactions with GPCRs in solution

M Hillenbrand, C Schori, J Schöppe… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Agonist binding to G-protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) triggers signal transduction
cascades involving heterotrimeric G proteins as key players. A major obstacle for drug …

Hemin acts as CD36 ligand to activate down-stream signalling to disturb immune responses and cytokine secretion from macrophages

S Banesh, S Layek, V Trivedi - Immunology Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Inflammatory responses to hemin are believed to play an important role in tissue damage
and cerebral malaria pathology. Macrophage exposed to hemin exhibits modulation of non …

Identifying vaccine escape sites via statistical comparisons of short-term molecular dynamics

M Rajendran, MC Ferran, GA Babbitt - Biophysical Reports, 2022 - cell.com
The identification of viral mutations that confer escape from antibodies is crucial for
understanding the interplay between immunity and viral evolution. We describe a molecular …

A Single Amino-Acid Substitution Allows Endo-Polygalacturonase of Fusarium verticillioides to Acquire Recognition by PGIP2 from Phaseolus vulgaris

M Benedetti, F Andreani, C Leggio, L Galantini… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Polygalacturonases (PGs) are secreted by phytopathogenic fungi to degrade the plant cell
wall homogalacturonan during plant infection. To counteract Pgs, plants have evolved …

Solvent accessibility of E1α and E1β residues with known missense mutations causing pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) deficiency: Impact on PDC‐E1 …

NH Ducich, JA Mears… - Journal of inherited …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency is a major cause of primary lactic acidemia
resulting in high morbidity and mortality, with limited therapeutic options. PDHA1 mutations …