Featured Publications
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 infectionRewired signaling network in T cells expressing the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)
Dong R, Libby KA, Blaeschke F, Fuchs W, Marson A, Vale RD, Su X. Rewired signaling network in T cells expressing the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). The EMBO Journal 2020, 39: embj2020104730. PMID: 32643825, PMCID: PMC7429742, DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020104730.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral supramolecular activation clusterEssential scaffold proteinT cell receptorSupramolecular activation clusterImmunological synapse formationAntigen receptorActin remodelingScaffold proteinMicrocluster formationDownstream signalingTCR signalingT cell activationSynapse formationCancer cellsSpecific cancer cellsCell receptorSignalingCAR activationT cellsCell activationCellsCAR-T cell activationNative T cellsPathwayActivation clusters
2019
A composition-dependent molecular clutch between T cell signaling condensates and actin
Ditlev JA, Vega AR, Köster DV, Su X, Tani T, Lakoduk AM, Vale RD, Mayor S, Jaqaman K, Rosen MK. A composition-dependent molecular clutch between T cell signaling condensates and actin. ELife 2019, 8: e42695. PMID: 31268421, PMCID: PMC6624021, DOI: 10.7554/elife.42695.Peer-Reviewed Original Research