IFITM proteins: Understanding their diverse roles in viral infection, cancer, and immunity

M Gómez-Herranz, J Taylor, RD Sloan - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Interferon-induced transmembrane proteins (IFITMs) are broad spectrum antiviral factors that
inhibit the entry of a wide range of clinically important pathogens including influenza A virus …

[BOOK][B] RNA, the epicenter of genetic information

J Mattick, P Amaral - 2023 - library.oapen.org
The origin story and emergence of molecular biology is muddled. The early triumphs in
bacterial genetics and the complexity of animal and plant genomes complicate an intricate …

Spotlight on TAP and its vital role in antigen presentation and cross-presentation

I Mantel, BA Sadiq, JM Blander - Molecular immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the hunt for a transporter molecule ostensibly responsible
for the translocation of peptides across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane yielded …

Human leukocyte antigen super-locus: nexus of genomic supergenes, SNPs, indels, transcripts, and haplotypes

JK Kulski, S Suzuki, T Shiina - Human Genome Variation, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The human Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) or Human Leukocyte Antigen
(HLA) super-locus is a highly polymorphic genomic region that encodes more than 140 …

B2M gene expression shapes the immune landscape of lung adenocarcinoma and determines the response to immunotherapy

Y Zhao, Y Cao, Y Chen, L Wu, H Hang, C Jiang… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Loss of the B2M gene is associated with tumour immune escape and resistance to
immunotherapy. However, genetic alterations of the B2M gene are rare. We performed an …

Regulation of the antigen presentation machinery in cancer and its implication for immune surveillance

A Balasubramanian, T John… - Biochemical Society …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Evading immune destruction is one of the hallmarks of cancer. A key mechanism of immune
evasion deployed by tumour cells is to reduce neoantigen presentation through down …

Long non-coding RNAs: emerging regulators for chemo/immunotherapy resistance in cancer stem cells

C Shen, C Yang, B **
anti-tumor immunity by tumor cells. This study was conducted to compare HLA class I …

HLA-A+ tertiary lymphoid structures with reactivated tumor infiltrating lymphocytes are associated with a positive immunotherapy response in esophageal squamous …

D Zhang, D Jiang, L Jiang, J Ma, X Wang, X Xu… - British Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy provides remarkable clinical
benefits for multiple cancer types. However, the overall response rate to ICB therapy …

SNP-density crossover maps of polymorphic transposable elements and HLA genes within MHC class I haplotype blocks and junction

JK Kulski, S Suzuki, T Shiina - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The genomic region (~ 4 Mb) of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on
chromosome 6p21 is a prime model for the study and understanding of conserved …