Synthetic cytokine receptors transmit biological signals using artificial ligands

Cytokine-induced signaling acts as an ON/OFF switch dependent on the presence of ligands. Here the authors construct synthetic cytokine receptors responsive to synthetic ligands able to activate canonical signaling pathways.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Erika Engelowski, Artur Schneider, Manuel Franke, Haifeng Xu, Ramona Clemen, Alexander Lang, Paul Baran, Christian Binsch, Birgit Knebel, Hadi Al-Hasani, Jens M. Moll, Doreen M. Floß, Philipp A. Lang, Jürgen Scheller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04454-8