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Centre for Biological Signalling Studies

Molecular mechanism of SHP2 activation by PD-1 stimulation

Marasco M, Berteotti A, Weyershaeuser J, Thorausch N, Sikorska J, Krausze J, Brandt HJ, Kirkpatrick J, Rios P, Schamel WW, Köhn M, Carlomagno T.

Sci Adv. 2020;6(5):eaay4458.

Sci Adv.                       online article

In cancer, the programmed death-1 (PD-1) pathway suppresses T cell stimulation and mediates immune escape. The phosphatase SHP2 controls the response downstream of the receptor PD-1. Here we dissect the detailed molecular mechanism of SHP2 activation by PD-1.