This process involves inserting a «chimeric antigen receptor (CAR),» a protein that binds to a cell -
surface marker called CD19, found on many leukemic cells.
Not exact matches
For instance, LKB1 also helped to repress cell
surface markers on immune cells
called dendritic cells that fueled the allergic reaction.
The Discher Lab has since shown that a protein on human cells
called CD47 functions as a «
marker of self» by interacting with a protein on the
surface of macrophages
called SIRPA.
F3 can detect the expression of a protein
called nucleolin, which is a
marker on the
surface of tumor cells.
Cancer cells settle to the bottom of the well, where they selectively bind to the antibodies based on their
surface markers (unlike other devices, the chip can also trap tiny structures
called exosomes produced by cancers cells).