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Isolation, Cultivation, and Transient Transfection of Primary Human T Cells to Generate Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells
Published on: March 27, 2026
Frontline: Optimal T cell activation requires the engagement of CD6 and CD166
Namir J Hassan1, A Neil Barclay, Marion H Brown
1Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, GB.
Abstract:
The T cell surface glycoprotein, CD6 binds CD166 in the first example of an interaction between a scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domain and an immunoglobulin-like domain. We report that in human these proteins interact with a K(D) =0.4-1.0 microM and K(off) > or =0.4-0.63 s(-1), typical of many leukocyte membrane protein interactions. CD166 also interacts in a homophilic manner but with around 100-fold lower affinity (K(D) =29-48 microM and K(off) > or = 5.3 s(-1)). At concentrations, that will block the CD6/CD166 interaction, soluble monomeric CD6 and CD166 inhibit antigen-specific human T cell responses. This is consistent with extracellular engagement between CD6 and CD166 being required for an optimal immune response.
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