Thymic development of unconventional T cells: how NKT cells, MAIT cells and γδ T cells emerge

DG Pellicci, HF Koay, SP Berzins - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
T cell lineages are defined by specialized functions and differential expression of surface
antigens, cytokines and transcription factors. Conventional CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are the …

Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

A Cossarizza, HD Chang, A Radbruch… - European journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The third edition of Flow Cytometry Guidelines provides the key aspects to consider when
performing flow cytometry experiments and includes comprehensive sections describing …

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) …

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 …

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 …

The human Vδ2+ T-cell compartment comprises distinct innate-like Vγ9+ and adaptive Vγ9- subsets

MS Davey, CR Willcox, S Hunter… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Vδ2+ T cells form the predominant human γδ T-cell population in peripheral blood and
mediate T-cell receptor (TCR)-dependent anti-microbial and anti-tumour immunity. Here we …

Butyrophilin-like 3 directly binds a human Vγ4+ T cell receptor using a modality distinct from clonally-restricted antigen

CR Willcox, P Vantourout, M Salim, I Zlatareva… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Butyrophilin (BTN) and butyrophilin-like (BTNL/Btnl) heteromers are major regulators of
human and mouse γδ T cell subsets, but considerable contention surrounds whether they …

Heteromeric interactions regulate butyrophilin (BTN) and BTN-like molecules governing γδ T cell biology

P Vantourout, A Laing, MJ Woodward… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - pnas.org
The long-held view that gamma delta (γδ) T cells in mice and humans are fundamentally
dissimilar, as are γδ cells in blood and peripheral tissues, has been challenged by emerging …

Phosphoantigen sensing combines TCR-dependent recognition of the BTN3A IgV domain and germline interaction with BTN2A1

CR Willcox, M Salim, CR Begley, MM Karunakaran… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Vγ9Vδ2 T cells play critical roles in microbial immunity by detecting target cells
exposed to pathogen-derived phosphoantigens (P-Ags). Target cell expression of BTN3A1 …

γδ T cells in cancer: a small population of lymphocytes with big implications

M Raverdeau, SP Cunningham… - Clinical & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract γδ T cells are a small population of mostly tissue‐resident lymphocytes, with both
innate and adaptive properties. These unique features make them particularly attractive …