Engineering CAR-T cells: design concepts

S Srivastava, SR Riddell - Trends in immunology, 2015 - cell.com
Despite being empirically designed based on a simple understanding of TCR signaling, T
cells engineered with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have been remarkably successful …

Structural biology of the T-cell receptor: insights into receptor assembly, ligand recognition, and initiation of signaling

KW Wucherpfennig, E Gagnon… - Cold Spring …, 2010 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The T-cell receptor (TCR)-CD3 complex serves as a central paradigm for general principles
of receptor assembly, ligand recognition, and signaling in the immune system. There is no …

Precision-activated T-cell engagers targeting HER2 or EGFR and CD3 mitigate on-target, off-tumor toxicity for immunotherapy in solid tumors

F Cattaruzza, A Nazeer, M To, M Hammond, C Koski… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
To enhance the therapeutic index of T-cell engagers (TCEs), we engineered masked,
precision-activated TCEs (XPAT proteins), targeting a tumor antigen (human epidermal …

The organizing principle in the formation of the T cell receptor-CD3 complex

ME Call, J Pyrdol, M Wiedmann, KW Wucherpfennig - Cell, 2002 - cell.com
The T cell receptor (TCR) serves a critical function in the immune system and represents one
of the most complex receptor structures. A striking feature is the presence of nine highly …

γ-secretase inhibitors augment efficacy of BCMA-targeting bispecific antibodies against multiple myeloma cells without impairing T-cell activation and differentiation

H Chen, T Yu, L Lin, L **ng, SF Cho, K Wen… - Blood cancer …, 2022 - nature.com
We here defined the impacts of γ-secretase inhibitors (GSIs) on T-cell-dependent BCMA-
specific multiple myeloma (MM) cell lysis and immunomodulatory effects induced by …

Development and selection of T cells: facts and puzzles

P Kisielow, H Von Boehmer - Advances in immunology, 1995 - Elsevier
Mature T cells are essential components of the immune system. They represent
phenotypically and functionally heterogenous populations of lymphocytes that are equipped …

The T cell receptor/CD3 complex is composed of at least two autonomous transduction modules

AMK Wegener, F Letourneur, A Hoeveler, T Brocker… - Cell, 1992 - cell.com
Recent studies have demonstrated that the CD3-ζ subunit of the T cell antigen receptor
(TCR) complex is involved in signal transduction. However, the function of the remaining …

The T cell receptor: critical role of the membrane environment in receptor assembly and function

ME Call, KW Wucherpfennig - Annu. Rev. Immunol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Recent studies have demonstrated that cell membranes provide a unique
environment for protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions that are critical for the assembly …

Efficient tumor killing and minimal cytokine release with novel T-cell agonist bispecific antibodies

ND Trinklein, D Pham, U Schellenberger, B Buelow… - MAbs, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT T-cell-recruiting bispecific antibodies (T-BsAbs) have shown potent tumor killing
activity in humans, but cytokine release-related toxicities have affected their clinical utility …

M and L cones in macaque fovea connect to midget ganglion cells by different numbers of excitatory synapses

DJ Calkins, SJ Schein, Y Tsukamoto, P Sterling - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
VISUAL acuity depends on the fine-grained neural image set by the foveal cone mosaic1–3.
To preserve this spatial detail, cones transmit through non-divergent pathways: cone→ …