Communications Biology (May 2021)

PD-L2 suppresses T cell signaling via coinhibitory microcluster formation and SHP2 phosphatase recruitment

  • Tomohiro Takehara,
  • Ei Wakamatsu,
  • Hiroaki Machiyama,
  • Wataru Nishi,
  • Katsura Emoto,
  • Miyuki Azuma,
  • Kenzo Soejima,
  • Koichi Fukunaga,
  • Tadashi Yokosuka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02111-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Takehara et al performed imaging analysis of microcluster formation between the PD-L1 and PD-L2, which are known to play a role in T cell activation in response to tumour cell signaling. Their analysis showed that the cluster formation inhibited T cell receptor signaling and could serve as a visual index for PD-L1/2-targeted cancer therapies.