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Erin J. Adams is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Specific subfields of study include Immunology, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Oncology, and Cell Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics within immunology, particularly focusing on immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, and immunotherapy and immune responses. Additional areas of research include monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, CAR-T cell therapy, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, as well as galectins and cancer biology.

Erin J. Adams has published multiple papers in prominent venues. Recent notable papers include:

  • CRISPR screens decode cancer cell pathways that trigger γδ T cell detection, 2023, Nature
  • Biochemical patterns of antibody polyreactivity revealed through a bioinformatics-based analysis of CDR loops, 2020, eLife
  • Alpaca (Vicugna pacos), the first nonprimate species with a phosphoantigen-reactive Vγ9Vδ2 T cell subset, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Diversity in recognition and function of human γδ T cells, 2020, Immunological Reviews
  • Molecular design of the γδT cell receptor ectodomain encodes biologically fit ligand recognition in the absence of mechanosensing, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Christopher T. Boughter
  • William H. Hildebrand
  • Daniel H. Kerr
  • Sobhan Roy
  • Gwendolyn Swarbrick

Erin J. Adams often publishes in journals such as Biophysical Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Immunology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Cell Reports. These publication venues reflect their engagement with both foundational and applied research in immunology and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of a successful immune response against hepatitis C virus

    Stewart Cooper;Ann L Erickson;Erin J Adams;Joe Kansopon

  • Key implication of CD277/butyrophilin-3 (BTN3A) in cellular stress sensing by a major human γδ T-cell subset

    Christelle Harly;Christelle Harly;Christelle Harly;Yves Guillaume;Steven Nedellec;Steven Nedellec;Steven Nedellec;Cassie-Marie Peigné;Cassie-Marie Peigné;Cassie-Marie Peigné

  • MAIT cells are imprinted by the microbiota in early life and promote tissue repair

    Michael G. Constantinides;Verena M. Link;Samira Tamoutounour;Andrea C. Wong

  • The intracellular B30.2 domain of butyrophilin 3A1 binds phosphoantigens to mediate activation of human Vγ9Vδ2 T cells.

    Andrew Sandstrom;Cassie Marie Peigné;Alexandra Léger;Alexandra Léger;Alexandra Léger;James E. Crooks

  • The origins of HLA-A,B,C polymorphism.

    Peter Parham;Erin J. Adams;Kelly L. Arnett

  • Evidence that Structural Rearrangements and/or Flexibility during TCR Binding Can Contribute to T Cell Activation

    Michelle Krogsgaard;Nelida Prado;Erin J. Adams;Xiao Lin He

  • Structure of a γδ T Cell Receptor in Complex with the Nonclassical MHC T22

    Erin J. Adams;Yueh-Hsiu Chien;K. Christopher Garcia

  • Crystal Structure of Vδ1 T Cell Receptor in Complex with CD1d-Sulfatide Shows MHC-like Recognition of a Self-Lipid by Human γδ T Cells

    Adrienne M. Luoma;Caitlin D. Castro;Toufic Mayassi;Leslie A. Bembinster

  • Recognition of lyso-phospholipids by human natural killer T lymphocytes.

    Lisa M. Fox;Daryl G. Cox;Jennifer L. Lockridge;Xiaohua Wang

  • How the T Cell Receptor Sees Antigen—A Structural View

    K. Christopher Garcia;Erin J. Adams

  • The adaptable major histocompatibility complex (MHC) fold: structure and function of nonclassical and MHC class I-like molecules

    Erin J Adams;Adrienne M Luoma

  • Species-specific evolution of MHC class I genes in the higher primates.

    Erin J. Adams;Peter Parham

  • Antigen Recognition Determinants of γδ T Cell Receptors

    Sunny Shin;Sunny Shin;Ramy El-Diwany;Ramy El-Diwany;Steven Schaffert;Steven Schaffert;Erin J. Adams;Erin J. Adams

  • Human gamma delta T cells: Evolution and ligand recognition.

    Erin J. Adams;Siyi Gu;Adrienne M. Luoma

  • The molecular basis for modulation of human Vγ9Vδ2 T cell responses by CD277/Butyrophilin-3 (BTN3A)-specific antibodies

    Aparna Palakodeti;Andrew Sandstrom;Lakshmi Sundaresan;Christelle Harly

  • Photoelectrochemical modulation of neuronal activity with free-standing coaxial silicon nanowires.

    Ramya Parameswaran;João L. Carvalho-de-Souza;Yuanwen Jiang;Michael J. Burke

  • Structure of an autoimmune T cell receptor complexed with class II peptide-MHC: insights into MHC bias and antigen specificity.

    Jennifer A Maynard;Karin Petersson;Dianne H. Wilson;Erin J. Adams

  • The majority of CD1d-sulfatide-specific T cells in human blood use a semiinvariant Vδ1 TCR.

    Li Bai;Damien Picard;Brian Anderson;Vinod Chaudhary

  • CK-1, a putative chemokine of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Brian Dixon;Benny Shum;Erin J. Adams;Katharine Magor

  • The Role of Mucosal Associated Invariant T Cells in Antimicrobial Immunity

    Ruth J. Napier;Erin J. Adams;Marielle C. Gold;David M. Lewinsohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Parham
Peter Parham Stanford University
Ka Yee C. Lee
Ka Yee C. Lee University of Chicago
Emmanuel Scotet
Emmanuel Scotet University of Nantes
K. Christopher Garcia
K. Christopher Garcia Stanford University
Benoît Roux
Benoît Roux University of Chicago
Jenny E. Gumperz
Jenny E. Gumperz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Albert Bendelac
Albert Bendelac University of Chicago
William H. Hildebrand
William H. Hildebrand University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Lisbeth A. Guethlein
Lisbeth A. Guethlein Stanford University
Richard Breathnach
Richard Breathnach Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale

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