Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Structure of the human marker of self 5-transmembrane receptor CD47

  • Gustavo Fenalti,
  • Nicolas Villanueva,
  • Mark Griffith,
  • Barbra Pagarigan,
  • Sirish Kaushik Lakkaraju,
  • Richard Y.-C. Huang,
  • Nadia Ladygina,
  • Alok Sharma,
  • David Mikolon,
  • Mahan Abbasian,
  • Jeffrey Johnson,
  • Haralambos Hadjivassiliou,
  • Dan Zhu,
  • Philip P. Chamberlain,
  • Ho Cho,
  • Kandasamy Hariharan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25475-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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CD47 is a transmembrane receptor involved in the regulation of various signalling pathways and a promising target for immuno-oncology therapeutics. Here, the authors present the crystal structure of full-length human CD47 and provide insights into the molecular mechanism of CD47-mediated signalling.