ERC Consolidator Grant · 2019
Pathogen Oriented SNARE Trafficking for Immune Tailoring
ImImmune clearance of infectious diseases requires correct T cell activation by macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) that present peptides derived from ingested pathogens on major histocompatibility complexes (MHC). Yet, macrophages and DCs also ingest self-antigens present in healthy cells and their presentation might trigger autoimmune disease. Presentation of the minority of ingested pathogens is promoted by so-called phagosome-autonomous trafficking. Here, pathogen binding to Toll-like receptors in phagosomes triggers recruitment of proteases and transporters to these phagosomes, but not to other phagosomes present in the same cell, promoting specific presentation of pathogen-derived…
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