Coevolution of MHC genes (LMP/TAP/class Ia, NKT-class Ib, NKp30-B7H6): lessons from cold-blooded vertebrates

A comprehensive analysis of teleost MHC class I sequences

(2015) Unni Grimholt et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

What chickens would tell you about the evolution of antigen processing and presentation

(2015) Jim Kaufman   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Analysis of the reptile CD1 genes: evolutionary implications

(2015) Zhi Yang et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

NKp44 and Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors as Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern Recognition Receptors

(2015) Nathan C. Horton et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Evolution of nonclassical MHC-dependent invariant T cells

(2014) Eva-Stina Edholm et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Re-evaluation of the Immunological Big Bang

(2014) Martin F. Flajnik   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A prominent role for invariant T cells in the amphibian Xenopus laevis tadpoles

(2014) Jacques Robert et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

No evidence for immunoproteasomes in chicken lymphoid organs and activated lymphocytes

(2014) Sonja Erath et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Antigen Presentation: Discovery of the Peptide TAP

(2014) L. Van Kaer   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

B Cells in Teleost Fish Act as Pivotal Initiating APCs in Priming Adaptive Immunity: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Origin of the B-1 Cell Subset and B7 Molecules

(2014) L.-y. Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution

(2014) Byrappa Venkatesh et al.   NATURE

NK cell self tolerance, responsiveness and missing self recognition

(2014) Nataliya Shifrin et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

NKp30 Enables NK Cells to Act Naturally with Fungi

(2013) Jessica Quintin et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The NK Receptor NKp30 Mediates Direct Fungal Recognition and Killing and Is Diminished in NK Cells from HIV-Infected Patients

(2013) Shu Shun Li et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

BAG-6, a jack of all trades in health and disease

(2013) Janina Binici et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

MAITs, MR1 and vitamin B metabolites

(2013) Richard W Birkinshaw et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Defense genes missing from the flight division

(2013) Katharine E. Magor et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Dimorphisms of the proteasome subunit beta type 8 gene (PSMB8) of ectothermic tetrapods originated in multiple independent evolutionary events

(2013) Ching-Huei Huang et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Natural cytotoxicity receptors and their ligands

(2013) Philip H Kruse et al.   IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY

Nonclassical MHC class I-dependent invariant T cells are evolutionarily conserved and prominent from early development in amphibians

(2013) E.-S. Edholm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

HHLA2 is a member of the B7 family and inhibits human CD4 and CD8 T-cell function

(2013) R. Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Recognition of vitamin B metabolites by mucosal-associated invariant T cells

(2013) Onisha Patel et al.   Nature Communications

Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors: Broader Expression Patterns and Functions in Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells

(2013) Kelly Hudspeth et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Evolution of the B7 family: co-evolution of B7H6 and NKp30, identification of a new B7 family member, B7H7, and of B7's historical relationship with the MHC

(2012) Martin F. Flajnik et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Comparative genomic analysis of the proteasome β5t subunit gene: implications for the origin and evolution of thymoproteasomes

(2011) Yoichi Sutoh et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Primordial Linkage of  2-Microglobulin to the MHC

(2011) Y. Ohta et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The genome sequence of Atlantic cod reveals a unique immune system

(2011) Bastiaan Star et al.   NATURE

The dominantly expressed class I molecule of the chicken MHC is explained by coevolution with the polymorphic peptide transporter (TAP) genes

(2011) B. A. Walker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Was the ancestral MHC involved in innate immunity?

(2010) Anthony Levasseur et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The phylogenetic origins of natural killer receptors and recognition: relationships, possibilities, and realities

(2010) Jeffrey A. Yoder et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

SLAM is a microbial sensor that regulates bacterial phagosome functions in macrophages

(2010) Scott B Berger et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

SLAM family receptors and the SLAM-associated protein (SAP) modulate T cell functions

(2010) Cynthia Detre et al.   Seminars in Immunopathology

The amphibians Xenopus laevis and Silurana tropicalis possess a family of activating KIR-related Immunoglobulin-like Receptors

(2009) Sergey V. Guselnikov et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Diversity of the FcR- and KIR-related genes in an amphibian Xenopus

(2009) Sergey et al.   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

The B7 family member B7-H6 is a tumor cell ligand for the activating natural killer cell receptor NKp30 in humans

(2009) Cameron S. Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Teleost B7 Expressed on Monocytes Regulates T Cell Responses

(2009) R. Sugamata et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Conservation of Structural and Functional Features in a Primordial CD80/86 Molecule from Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a Primitive Teleost Fish

(2009) Y.-A. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Novel nonclassical MHC class Ib genes associated with CD8 T cell development and thymic tumors

(2009) Ana Goyos et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Origin and evolution of the adaptive immune system: genetic events and selective pressures

(2009) Martin F. Flajnik et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

High allelic polymorphism, moderate sequence diversity and diversifying selection for B-NK but not B-lec, the pair of lectin-like receptor genes in the chicken MHC

(2008) Sally L. Rogers et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Negative signaling by inhibitory receptors: the NK cell paradigm

(2008) Eric O. Long   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The B7 family of immunoregulatory receptors: A comparative and evolutionary perspective

(2008) John D. Hansen et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY