T cell immunoengineering with advanced biomaterials

Recent advances in biomaterials design offer the potential to actively control immune cell activation and behaviour. Many human diseases, such as infections, cancer, and autoimmune disorders, are partly mediated by inappropriate or insufficient activation of the immune system. T cells play a central...

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Main Authors: Delcassian, Derfogail, Sattler, Susanne, Dunlop, Iain E.
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Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51872/
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author Delcassian, Derfogail
Sattler, Susanne
Dunlop, Iain E.
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description Recent advances in biomaterials design offer the potential to actively control immune cell activation and behaviour. Many human diseases, such as infections, cancer, and autoimmune disorders, are partly mediated by inappropriate or insufficient activation of the immune system. T cells play a central role in the host immune response to these diseases, and so constitute a promising cell type for manipulation. In vivo, T cells are stimulated by antigen presenting cells (APC), therefore to design immunoengineering biomaterials that control T cell behaviour, artificial interfaces that mimic the natural APC-T cell interaction are required. This review draws together research in the design and fabrication of such biomaterial interfaces, and highlights efforts to elucidate key parameters in T cell activation, such as substrate mechanical properties and spatial organization of receptors, illustrating how they can be manipulated by bioengineering approaches to alter T cell function.
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spelling nottingham-518722020-05-04T18:32:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51872/ T cell immunoengineering with advanced biomaterials Delcassian, Derfogail Sattler, Susanne Dunlop, Iain E. Recent advances in biomaterials design offer the potential to actively control immune cell activation and behaviour. Many human diseases, such as infections, cancer, and autoimmune disorders, are partly mediated by inappropriate or insufficient activation of the immune system. T cells play a central role in the host immune response to these diseases, and so constitute a promising cell type for manipulation. In vivo, T cells are stimulated by antigen presenting cells (APC), therefore to design immunoengineering biomaterials that control T cell behaviour, artificial interfaces that mimic the natural APC-T cell interaction are required. This review draws together research in the design and fabrication of such biomaterial interfaces, and highlights efforts to elucidate key parameters in T cell activation, such as substrate mechanical properties and spatial organization of receptors, illustrating how they can be manipulated by bioengineering approaches to alter T cell function. Royal Society of Chemistry 2017-03-01 Article PeerReviewed Delcassian, Derfogail, Sattler, Susanne and Dunlop, Iain E. (2017) T cell immunoengineering with advanced biomaterials. Integrative Biology, 9 (3). pp. 211-222. ISSN 1757-9694 http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/IB/C6IB00233A#!divAbstract doi:10.1039/c6ib00233a doi:10.1039/c6ib00233a
spellingShingle Delcassian, Derfogail
Sattler, Susanne
Dunlop, Iain E.
T cell immunoengineering with advanced biomaterials
title T cell immunoengineering with advanced biomaterials
title_full T cell immunoengineering with advanced biomaterials
title_fullStr T cell immunoengineering with advanced biomaterials
title_full_unstemmed T cell immunoengineering with advanced biomaterials
title_short T cell immunoengineering with advanced biomaterials
title_sort t cell immunoengineering with advanced biomaterials
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51872/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51872/