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K. Christopher Garcia

Stanford University/HHMI
Verified email at stanford.edu
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An αβ T cell receptor structure at 2.5 Å and its orientation in the TCR-MHC complex

KC Garcia, M Degano, RL Stanfield, A Brunmark… - Science, 1996 - science.org
The central event in the cellular immune response to invading microorganisms is the specific
recognition of foreign peptides bound to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules …

Accurate prediction of protein structures and interactions using a three-track neural network

…, U Dalwadi, CK Yip, JE Burke, KC Garcia… - Science, 2021 - science.org
DeepMind presented notably accurate predictions at the recent 14th Critical Assessment of
Structure Prediction (CASP14) conference. We explored network architectures that …

Structural biology of shared cytokine receptors

…, P Lupardus, SL LaPorte, KC Garcia - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Recent structural information for complexes of cytokine receptor ectodomains bound to their
ligands has significantly expanded our understanding of the macromolecular topology and …

Disruption of TET2 promotes the therapeutic efficacy of CD19-targeted T cells

…, J Xu, MS Jordan, KT Marcucci, BL Levine, KC Garcia… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy based on genetically redirecting T cells has been used successfully
to treat B cell malignancies 1 , 2 – 3 . In this strategy, the T cell genome is modified by …

Emerging principles of cytokine pharmacology and therapeutics

RA Saxton, CR Glassman, KC Garcia - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines are secreted signalling proteins that play essential roles in the initiation, maintenance
and resolution of immune responses. Although the unique ability of cytokines to control …

Clonally expanded B cells in multiple sclerosis bind EBV EBNA1 and GlialCAM

…, RJM Bashford-Rogers, M Platten, KC Garcia… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a heterogenous autoimmune disease in which autoreactive
lymphocytes attack the myelin sheath of the central nervous system. B lymphocytes in the …

[HTML][HTML] Design of protein-binding proteins from the target structure alone

…, J Schlessinger, S Lee, SN Savvides, KC Garcia… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The design of proteins that bind to a specific site on the surface of a target protein using no
information other than the three-dimensional structure of the target remains a challenge 1 , 2 , …

The composition and signaling of the IL-35 receptor are unconventional

…, DL Fairweather, AR Satoskar, KC Garcia… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Interleukin 35 (IL-35) belongs to the IL-12 family of heterodimeric cytokines but has a distinct
functional profile. IL-35 suppresses T cell proliferation and converts naive T cells into IL-35-…

[HTML][HTML] Molecular and structural basis of cytokine receptor pleiotropy in the interleukin-4/13 system

…, LA Colf, X Qi, NM Heller, AD Keegan, KC Garcia - Cell, 2008 - cell.com
Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-13 are cytokines critical to the development of T cell-mediated
humoral immune responses, which are associated with allergy and asthma, and exert their …

Adrenaline-activated structure of β2-adrenoceptor stabilized by an engineered nanobody

…, A Manglik, AC Kruse, MD Enos, WI Weis, KC Garcia… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are integral membrane proteins that have an essential
role in human physiology, yet the molecular processes through which they bind to their …