Signaling is fundamental to how cells sense and respond to their environment—but in immune cells, those signals must be ...

T lymphocytes are central components of the adaptive immune system, tasked with recognising and responding to a wide array of antigens. Their activation is initiated through the engagement of the T ...

The activation and regulation of T cells are fundamental to immune homeostasis and effective defence mechanisms. Ubiquitin ligases, such as c-Cbl and Cbl-b, serve as pivotal regulators by targeting ...

A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University has developed a deep-ultraviolet (UV) ...

Efficient T-cell engineering is crucial for the success of CAR T-cell therapy research, but it requires multiple labor-intensive steps, including T-cell isolation, activation, and transduction.

T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on exquisitely timed molecular signals. Now researchers have captured one of the ...

Metabolism guides the activation states of regulatory T cells, the immune cells that prevent inappropriate activation of the immune system. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists recently ...

Using a variety of laboratory and animal models, the team found that cysteine fuels the production of the antioxidant ...

Scientists have discovered that T cell receptors activate through a hidden spring-like motion that had never been seen before. This breakthrough may help explain why immunotherapy works for some ...

CD8 + cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) serve as central effectors in cancer immunotherapy by directly eliminating tumor cells. However, current clinical therapies face significant limitations. These ...