A rate-limiting process: T cell activation from a single-cell perspective
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are critical for defense against intracellular pathogens and cancer. CTL differentiation begins when a naïve CD8+ T cell recognizes a peptide-MHC ligand complex through its T cell receptor (TCR), triggering a cascade of activation events. The interaction of the TCR with a particular peptide-MHC complex is exquisitely sensitive, such that single amino acid changes in the presented peptide can dramatically alter the activation of responding T cells. Multiple mechanisms have been proposed to underlie this phenomenon, but these cannot be distinguished through snapshot measurements in bulk cellular populations. In this talk, I will describe how we address this using multidimensional measurements (single-cell RNAseq and mass cytometry) of molecular activation events in individual cells over time.
Date: 7 September 2020, 14:00 (Monday, 20th week, Trinity 2020)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
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Speaker: Dr Arianne Richard (University of Cambridge)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)
Organiser: Jennifer Pope (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Organiser contact email address: jennifer.pope@kennedy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Professor Mike Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Part of: Kennedy Institute Seminars
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Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Jennifer Pope