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Size-dependent activation of CAR-T cells
Xiao Q, Zhang X, Tu L, Cao J, Hinrichs CS, Su X. Size-dependent activation of CAR-T cells. Science Immunology 2022, 7: eabl3995. PMID: 35930653, PMCID: PMC9678385, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl3995.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntermembrane spacePlasma membraneIntracellular domainExtracellular domainMolecular mechanismsLarge isoformDownstream pathwaysT cell activationVariety of cancersCaR's extracellular domainAntigen engagementAntigen receptorSize differencesCell activationActivation of CARActivationMouse lymphoma modelCD45Antigen signalCellsLymphoma modelKinasePhosphorylationCD45RABCViral infection
2016
Phase separation of signaling molecules promotes T cell receptor signal transduction
Su X, Ditlev JA, Hui E, Xing W, Banjade S, Okrut J, King DS, Taunton J, Rosen MK, Vale RD. Phase separation of signaling molecules promotes T cell receptor signal transduction. Science 2016, 352: 595-599. PMID: 27056844, PMCID: PMC4892427, DOI: 10.1126/science.aad9964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell receptor (TCR) signal transductionHuman Jurkat T cellsActin filament assemblySubmicrometer-sized clustersReceptor signal transductionT cell receptor activationProtein phase separationJurkat T cellsCell receptor activationCell surface receptorsTCR phosphorylationActin regulatorsActin assemblySignal transductionFilament assemblyBiochemical compartmentsFunctional consequencesSurface receptorsModel membranesReceptor activationAssemblyActivationTransductionKinasePhosphorylation