Human SARS-CoV-2 challenge uncovers local and systemic response dynamics

RGH Lindeboom, KB Worlock, LM Dratva, M Yoshida… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global health threat, yet our understanding of the
dynamics of early cellular responses to this disease remains limited. Here in our SARS-CoV …

CNS and CNS diseases in relation to their immune system

J Xu, C Ma, M Hua, J Li, Z **ang, J Wu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The central nervous system is the most important nervous system in vertebrates, which is
responsible for transmitting information to the peripheral nervous system and controlling the …

Spatial heterogeneity of the T cell receptor repertoire reflects the mutational landscape in lung cancer

K Joshi, MR de Massy, M Ismail, JL Reading, I Uddin… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Somatic mutations together with immunoediting drive extensive heterogeneity within non-
small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Herein we examine heterogeneity of the T cell antigen …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid synchronous type 1 IFN and virus-specific T cell responses characterize first wave non-severe SARS-CoV-2 infections

A Chandran, J Rosenheim, G Nageswaran… - Cell Reports …, 2022 - cell.com
Effective control of SARS-CoV-2 infection on primary exposure may reveal correlates of
protective immunity to future variants, but we lack insights into immune responses before or …

The naive T-cell receptor repertoire has an extremely broad distribution of clone sizes

PC de Greef, T Oakes, B Gerritsen, M Ismail… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The clone size distribution of the human naive T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire is an
important determinant of adaptive immunity. We estimated the abundance of TCR …

Framework engineering to produce dominant T cell receptors with enhanced antigen-specific function

S Thomas, F Mohammed, RM Reijmers… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
TCR-gene-transfer is an efficient strategy to produce therapeutic T cells of defined antigen
specificity. However, there are substantial variations in the cell surface expression levels of …

Human SARS-CoV-2 challenge resolves local and systemic response dynamics

RGH Lindeboom, KB Worlock, LM Dratva, M Yoshida… - MedRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global health threat, yet our understanding of the
cellular disease dynamics remains limited. In our unique COVID-19 human challenge study …

Large clones of pre-existing T cells drive early immunity against SARS-COV-2 and LCMV infection

M Milighetti, Y Peng, C Tan, M Mark, G Nageswaran… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
T cell responses precede antibody and may provide early control of infection. We analyzed
the clonal basis of this rapid response following SARS-COV-2 infection. We applied T cell …

Quantitative analysis of the T cell receptor repertoire

I Uddin, A Woolston, T Peacock, K Joshi, M Ismail… - Methods in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The T cell receptor repertoire provides a window into the cellular adaptive immune
response. In the context of cancer, determining the repertoire within a tumor can give …

The clonal structure and dynamics of the human T cell response to an organic chemical hapten

T Ronel, M Harries, K Wicks, T Oakes, H Singleton… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Diphenylcyclopropenone (DPC) is an organic chemical hapten which induces allergic
contact dermatitis and is used in the treatment of warts, melanoma, and alopecia areata …