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PLCγ1 promotes phase separation of T cell signaling components
Zeng L, Palaia I, Šarić A, Su X. PLCγ1 promotes phase separation of T cell signaling components. Journal Of Cell Biology 2021, 220: e202009154. PMID: 33929486, PMCID: PMC8094118, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202009154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTCR signal transductionT-cell receptor pathwayLiquid-like condensatesKey adaptor proteinLAT clusteringLAT complexSH2 domainAdaptor proteinPhosphatase CD45Signal transductionTCR pathwayPhospholipase Cγ1ERK activationProtein compositionBiophysical principlesPLCγ1Critical functionsReceptor pathwayPathwayLATMajor componentT cellsCellsActivationDephosphorylationRewired 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
2020
Imaging Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) Activation
Libby KA, Su X. Imaging Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) Activation. Methods In Molecular Biology 2020, 2111: 153-160. PMID: 31933206, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0266-9_13.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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