Sentences with word «immunoreceptor»

Here, we show that in the antibody - mediated autoimmune disease pemphigus vulgaris (PV), autoantigen - based chimeric immunoreceptors can direct T cells to kill autoreactive B lymphocytes through the specificity of the B cell receptor (BCR).

For example, if a normal cell is infected with a virus, it will display molecules on its surface that the NKG2D immunoreceptor can detect.

NKG2D is a type of immunoreceptor — a molecule present on the surface of the body's immune cells that recognises signals from normal cells that are distressed.

The sequence, called an ITAM (immunoreceptor tyrosine - based activation motif), encodes a piece of protein that can by itself signal immune system cells to multiply and go to work.

Now, a research team at Imperial College London has found that in a mouse model developing liver cancer, one immunoreceptor — attractive candidate for immunotherapies — promoted rather than delayed tumour growth.