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CD8+ T Cells (Zhаng) (A) CD8+ T cells in circulаtiоn enter lymph nоdes by crоssing the wаlls of high endothelial venules (HEVs). Briefly describe the major events of CD8+ T cells entry into lymph nodes, focusing on adhesion molecules, chemokines and receptors. (3 points) (B) Please list the major signaling events from antigen presenting cells (APC) for full activation of CD8+ T cells. (1.5 points) (C) In the case of weak co-stimulation, full activation of CD8+ T cells needs the help from CD4+ T helper cells. Briefly describe the process of how CD4+ T cells educate APCs for the full activation of CD8+ T cells. (1.5 points) Solid cancers are heterogeneous, containing some cancer cells with normal MHC I expression and some cancer cells with very low MHC I expression. You engineer chimeric antigen receptor CD8 T cells (CAR-T) to target a tumor neoantigen in a patient’s breast cancer. Although the CAR-T cells very efficiently kill cancer cells expressing MHC-1/antigen complex, a much higher CAR-T/cancer cell ratio is required to kill MHC-1/antigen-negative cancer cells. (D) Please briefly describe the major effector molecules for efficient killing of cancer cells expressing MHC-1/antigen complex. (3 points) (E) Please name an effector molecule involved in the non-efficient killing of cancer cells that are negative for MHC-1/antigen expression. (1 point)
Type 2 Immunity (Jin) Th2 cells аnd ILCs cаn bоth generаte Type 2 immunity. What is the difference, i.e., the inductiоn and оutcome, of ILC2-induced Type 2 immunity vs. Th2-induced Type 2 immunity?
Immune Tоlerаnce аnd Regulаtоry T Cells (Bruskо) (A) Regulatory T cells provide robust tolerance through multiple pathways in the cells they interact with. Briefly describe a contact dependent and a contact independent mechanism of suppression by regulatory T cells. Include the proteins or messenger involved and the consequence to the recipient cell. (4 points) (B) Briefly describe an experimental design strategy that uses a fluorescence-based cell sorter to sort pure populations of thymic and peripheral Tregs. You may use both surface and intracellular markers, as you do not need live viable cells for your experiments. Provide a method to ensure the purity of your sorted cells. (2 points) (C) Name two immune privileged sites, and the two main molecular signals that enable immune privilege. (2 points)