Department of Immunology, University of Washington , Seattle, WA , USA.
Front Immunol. 2014 Sep 29;5:472. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00472. eCollection 2014.
This perspective traces developments using monoclonal antibody technology that led to the discovery of CD40, a receptor that on B cells mediates "T cell help" and on dendritic cells helps to program CD8 T cell responses. I discuss some things that we got right during the path of discovery and some things we missed. Immunotherapies that block or stimulate the CD40 pathway hold great promise for treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancers.
这篇观点文章追溯了单克隆抗体技术的发展历程,该技术导致了 CD40 的发现,CD40 是一种受体,在 B 细胞上介导“T 细胞辅助”,在树突状细胞上有助于编程 CD8 T 细胞反应。我讨论了在发现过程中我们做对的一些事情和错过的一些事情。阻断或刺激 CD40 途径的免疫疗法为治疗自身免疫性疾病和癌症带来了巨大的希望。