Nilabh Shastri

Enhanced antigen presentation and CTL activity by transduction of mature rather than immature dendritic cells with octaarginine-modified liposomes (2009)

Homhuan, Atthachai, Kogure, Kentaro, Nakamura, Takashi, Shastri, Nilabh, Harashima, Hideyoshi

To improve uptake and cross-presentation of exogenous antigens (Ag) by dendritic cells (DCs), octaarginine-modified liposomes (R8-Lip) were used as a novel strategy for protein-Ag transduction....

In the absence of aminopeptidase ERAAP, MHC class I molecules present many unstable and highly immunogenic peptides (2007)

Hammer, Gianna Elena, Gonzalez, Federico, James, Edward, Nolla, Hector, Shastri, Nilabh

Immunosurveillance by cytotoxic T cells requires that cells generate a diverse spectrum of peptides for presentation by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. Those peptides are...

In vivo targeting of dendritic cells for activation of cellular immunity using vaccine carriers based on pH-responsive microparticles (2005)

Kwon, Young Jik, James, Edward, Shastri, Nilabh, Fréchet, Jean M.J.

Activating the immune system to trigger a specific response is a major challenge in vaccine development. In particular, activating sufficient cytotoxic T lymphocyte-mediated cellular immunity, which...

Unanticipated Antigens: Translation Initiation at CUG with Leucine (2004)

Susan R. Schwab, Jessica A. Shugart, Tiffany Horng, Subramaniam Malarkannan, Nilabh Shastri

Proteins have been identified for which a unique translational machinery makes use of unconventional start codons.

Unanticipated Antigens: Translation Initiation at CUG with Leucine (2004)

Susan R. Schwab, Jessica A. Shugart, Tiffany Horng, Subramaniam Malarkannan, Nilabh Shastri

Major histocompatibility class I molecules display tens of thousands of peptides on the cell surface for immune surveillance by T cells. The peptide repertoire represents virtually all cellular...

LacZ inducible, antigen/MHC-specific T cell hybrids (1994)

Sanderson, Sarah, Shastri, Nilabh

The nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) enhancer element of the IL-2 gene can regulate expression of the Escherichia coli lacZ reporter gene in activated T cells. Based upon this observation,...

Cotransfer of the Eαd and Aβd genes into L cells results in the surface expression of a functional mixed-isotype Ia molecule (1986)

Malissen, Bernard, Shastri, Nilabh, Pierres, Michel, Hood, Leroy

Ia molecules play a key role in antigen recognition by T lymphocytes. To analyze the structural features of the individual α and β chains relevant to the assembly of intact Ia molecules, mouse...

Ia-transfected L-cell fibroblasts present a lysozyme peptide but not the native protein to lysozyme-specific T cells (1985)

Shastri, Nilabh, Malissen, Bernard, Hood, Leroy

We studied the antigen-presenting capacity of mouse L fibroblasts transfected with genes encoding Ia polypeptides of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). These cells function as efficient...

The mouse mammary tumor virus env gene is the source of a CD8+ T-cell-stimulating peptide presented by a major histocompatibility complex class I molecule in a murine thymoma

Malarkannan, Subramaniam, Serwold, Thomas, Nguyen, Vu, Sherman, Linda A., Shastri, Nilabh

CD8+ cytotoxic T cells recognize their targets by the presence of unique peptide bound to a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules on the cell surface. The MHC molecules normally...

A macromolecular delivery vehicle for protein-based vaccines: Acid-degradable protein-loaded microgels

Murthy, Niren, Xu, Mingcheng, Schuck, Stephany, Kunisawa, Jun, Shastri, Nilabh, Fréchet, Jean M. J.

The development of protein-based vaccines remains a major challenge in the fields of immunology and drug delivery. Although numerous protein antigens have been identified that can generate immunity...

Unanticipated Antigens: Translation Initiation at CUG with Leucine

Schwab, Susan R, Shugart, Jessica A, Horng, Tiffany, Malarkannan, Subramaniam, Shastri, Nilabh

Major histocompatibility class I molecules display tens of thousands of peptides on the cell surface for immune surveillance by T cells. The peptide repertoire represents virtually all cellular...

Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex Presentation of Antigens That Escape from the Parasitophorous Vacuole of Toxoplasma gondii

Gubbels, Marc-Jan, Striepen, Boris, Shastri, Nilabh, Turkoz, Mustafa, Robey, Ellen A.

The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, induces a protective CD8 T-cell response in its host; however, the mechanisms by which T. gondii proteins are...

In vivo targeting of dendritic cells for activation of cellular immunity using vaccine carriers based on pH-responsive microparticles

Kwon, Young Jik, James, Edward, Shastri, Nilabh, Fréchet, Jean M. J.

Activating the immune system to trigger a specific response is a major challenge in vaccine development. In particular, activating sufficient cytotoxic T lymphocyte-mediated cellular immunity, which...

The mouse mammary tumor virus env gene is the source of a CD8+ T-cell-stimulating peptide presented by a major histocompatibility complex class I molecule in a murine thymoma

Malarkannan, Subramaniam, Serwold, Thomas, Nguyen, Vu, Sherman, Linda A., Shastri, Nilabh

CD8+ cytotoxic T cells recognize their targets by the presence of unique peptide bound to a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules on the cell surface. The MHC molecules normally...

A macromolecular delivery vehicle for protein-based vaccines: Acid-degradable protein-loaded microgels

Murthy, Niren, Xu, Mingcheng, Schuck, Stephany, Kunisawa, Jun, Shastri, Nilabh, Fréchet, Jean M. J.

The development of protein-based vaccines remains a major challenge in the fields of immunology and drug delivery. Although numerous protein antigens have been identified that can generate immunity...

Unanticipated Antigens: Translation Initiation at CUG with Leucine

Schwab, Susan R, Shugart, Jessica A, Horng, Tiffany, Malarkannan, Subramaniam, Shastri, Nilabh

Major histocompatibility class I molecules display tens of thousands of peptides on the cell surface for immune surveillance by T cells. The peptide repertoire represents virtually all cellular...

Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex Presentation of Antigens That Escape from the Parasitophorous Vacuole of Toxoplasma gondii

Gubbels, Marc-Jan, Striepen, Boris, Shastri, Nilabh, Turkoz, Mustafa, Robey, Ellen A.

The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, induces a protective CD8 T-cell response in its host; however, the mechanisms by which T. gondii proteins are...

In vivo targeting of dendritic cells for activation of cellular immunity using vaccine carriers based on pH-responsive microparticles

Kwon, Young Jik, James, Edward, Shastri, Nilabh, Fréchet, Jean M. J.

Activating the immune system to trigger a specific response is a major challenge in vaccine development. In particular, activating sufficient cytotoxic T lymphocyte-mediated cellular immunity, which...

Second Class Minors: Molecular Identification of the Autosomal H46 Histocompatibility Locus as a Peptide Presented by Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Molecules

Sahara, Hiroeki, Shastri, Nilabh

CD4 T cells regulate immune responses that cause chronic graft rejection and graft versus host disease but their target antigens remain virtually unknown. We developed a new method to identify CD4 T...

SPAS-1 (stimulator of prostatic adenocarcinoma-specific T cells)/SH3GLB2: A prostate tumor antigen identified by CTLA-4 blockade

Fassò, Marcella, Waitz, Rebecca, Hou, Yafei, Rim, Tae, Greenberg, Norman M., Shastri, Nilabh, ...

Discovery of immunologically relevant antigens in prostate cancer forms the basis for developing more potent active immunotherapy. We report here a strategy using the transgenic adenocarcinoma of...

A Distinct Translation Initiation Mechanism Generates Cryptic Peptides for Immune Surveillance

Starck, Shelley R., Ow, Yongkai, Jiang, Vivian, Tokuyama, Maria, Rivera, Mark, Qi, Xin, ...

MHC class I molecules present a comprehensive mixture of peptides on the cell surface for immune surveillance. The peptides represent the intracellular protein milieu produced by translation of...

Mousepox Detected in a Research Facility: Case Report and Failure of Mouse Antibody Production Testing to Identify Ectromelia Virus in Contaminated Mouse Serum

Labelle, Philippe, Hahn, Nina E, Fraser, Jenelle K, Kendall, Lonnie V, Ziman, Melanie, James, Edward, ...

An outbreak of mousepox in a research institution was caused by Ectromelia-contaminated mouse serum that had been used for bone marrow cell culture and the cells subsequently injected into the...