BROOKS , Andrew G.

αβ T cell receptors (TCRs) interact with peptides bound to the polymorphic Major Histocompatibility Complex class Ia (MHC-Ia) and class II (MHC-II) molecules, as well as the essentially monomorphic MHC class Ib (MHC-Ib) molecules. While there is a large amount of information on how TCRs engage with MHC-Ia and MHC-II, our understanding of...

Natural killer (NK) cells play a key role in immunity, but how HLA class I (HLA-I) and killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor 3DL1 (KIR3DL1) polymorphism impacts disease outcome remains unclear. KIR3DL1 (*001/*005/*015) tetramers were screened for reactivity against a panel of HLA-I molecules. This revealed different and distinct hierarchies...

CD8 T cells contribute to protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In humans, M. tuberculosis reactive CD8 T cells typically recognize peptides associated to classical MHC class Ia molecules, but little information is available on CD8 T cells recognizing M. tuberculosis Ags presented by nonclassical MHC class Ib molecules. We...