Immunopeptidomic MHC-I Profiling and Immunogenicity Testing Identifies Tcj2 as a New Chagas Disease mRNA Vaccine Candidate

Versteeg, L., Adhikari, R., Robinson, G., Lee, J., Wei, J., Islam, N., Keegan, B., Russell, W. K., Poveda, C., Villar, M. J., Jones, K., Bottazzi, M. E., Hotez, P., Tijhaar, E., & Pollet, J. (2024). PLoS Pathogens, 20(12), e1012764. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012764 Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite that causes Chagas disease. Globally 6 to 7 million […]

Profiling Circulating T cells and Tumor Landscape for Predicting Responses to PD-1 blockade in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Dutta, N. (2024, September 5). https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/81804 Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has significantly improved outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), yet only a subset of patients achieves durable responses. This underscores the need for effective methods to assess ICB efficacy. This thesis investigates the response to PD-1 blockade in NSCLC patients across stages I to […]

Breathe Easy with Better Models

Now Watching Research for Activating Macrophages and Dendritic Cells with Nanomedicine in Lung Carcinoma https://youtu.be/wljKOIcYsUM Macrophages can mediate phagocytosis of cancer cells and cytotoxic tumor killing, and engage in effective bidirectional interactions with components of the innate and adaptive immune system. Given the continuous recruitment of myelomonocytic cells into tumor tissues, macrophages are candidates for […]

An immunophenotype-coupled transcriptomic atlas of human hematopoietic progenitors

Zhang, X., Song, B., Carlino, M. J., Li, G., Ferchen, K., Chen, M., Thompson, E. N., Kain, B. N., Schnell, D., Thakkar, K., Kouril, M., Jin, K., Hay, S. B., Sen, S., Bernardicius, D., Ma, S., Bennett, S. N., Croteau, J., Salvatori, O., . . . Grimes, H. L. (2024). Nature Immunology, 25(4), 703–715. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-024-01782-4 […]

A novel mass cytometry protocol optimized for immunophenotyping of low-frequency antigen- specific T cells

Balz, K., Grange, M., Pegel, U., Karamya, Z. A., Mello, M., Zhou, X., Berger, T., Bloch, K., Dunham, D., Chinthrajah, S., Nadeau, K., Luche, H., & Skevaki, C. (2024b). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1336489 Understanding antigen-specific T-cell responses, for example, following virus infections or allergen exposure, is of high relevance for the […]

Nanomedicine-based co-delivery of a calcium channel inhibitor and a small molecule targeting CD47 for lung cancer immunotherapy

Guo, Y., Bao, Q., Hu, P., & Shi, J. (2023). Nature Communications, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42972-2 Pro-tumoral macrophages in lung tumors present a significant challenge in immunotherapy. Here, we introduce a pH-responsive nanomedicine approach for activating anti-tumoral macrophages and dendritic cells. Using a layered double hydroxide nanosheet carrier, we co-deliver a T-type calcium channel inhibitor (TTA-Q6) and […]

Surfaceome mapping of primary human heart cells with CellSurfer uncovers cardiomyocyte surface protein LSMEM2 and proteome dynamics in failing hearts

Luecke, L. B., Waas, M., Littrell, J., Wojtkiewicz, M., Castro, C., Burkovetskaya, M., Schuette, E. N., Buchberger, A. R., Churko, J. M., Chalise, U., Waknitz, M., Konfrst, S., Teuben, R., Morrissette-McAlmon, J., Mahr, C., Anderson, D. R., Boheler, K. R., & Gundry, R. L. (2023). Nature Cardiovascular Research, 2(1), 76–95. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44161-022-00200-y Cardiac cell surface proteins […]

Identification of Mediators of T-cell Receptor Signaling via the Screening of Chemical Inhibitor Libraries

Now Watching Identification of Mediators of T-cell Receptor Signaling via the Screening of Chemical Inhibitor Libraries  Elijah W. Chen*1, Chyan Ying Ke*2,3, Joanna Brzostek*1, Nicholas R. J. Gascoigne1, Vasily Rybakin1,41Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR, 3Curiox Biosystems, 4Department of Immunobiology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven * These authors […]

Enhancing Cell Recovery and Debris Removal for Frozen Lymphocytes for Single Cell Multi-Omics

Now Watchinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJQahE_Bf5I Description In this webinar, Dr. Bertrand Yeung and Dr. Antonino Montalbano present their experience using Laminar Wash technology for single-cell genomics and proteogenomics. BioLegend manufactures CITE-Seq assay kits (TotalSeq). A co-developer of the method and Curiox Business Development Director (formally of BioLegend), Dr. Bertrand Yeung explains how extensive cell washing is critical to study […]

Development of a 43 color panel for the characterization of conventional and unconventional T‐cell subsets, B cells, NK cells, monocytes, dendritic cells, and innate …

Sahir, F., Mateo, J. M., Steinhoff, M., & Siveen, K. S. (2020). Cytometry Part A, 105(5), 404–410. https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.a.24288 Although many flow cytometers can analyze 30–50 parameters, it is still challenging to develop a 40+ color panel for the phenotyping of immune cells using fluorochrome conjugated antibodies due to limitations in the availability of spectrally unique […]