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ArticleChemistry & biology2007

Structural engineering of pMHC reagents for T cell vaccines and diagnostics.

Vesselin Mitaksov, Steven M Truscott, Lonnie Lybarger, Janet M Connolly, Ted H Hansen, Daved H Fremont

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Article in Chemistry & biology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vesselin MitaksovPathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Steven M Truscott
Lonnie Lybarger
Janet M Connolly
Ted H Hansen
Daved H Fremont
Washington University in St. Louis · USUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

Virology and Smallpox VaccinationsU54AI057160 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RAY, RANJIT · 2003 to 2013
$80.9M
MHC-I regulation by herpes virusR01AI019687 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FREMONT, DAVED H. · 1985 to 2016
$5.2M
SCT PROBES FOR PATHOGEN IMMUNITYR01AI055849 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GILLANDERS, WILLIAM E. · 2004 to 2014
$3.3M
CD8 T Cell Recognition of MHC Class IR01AI027568 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CONNOLLY, JANET M · 1989 to 2010
$3.3M
Viral Decoy ReceptorsR01AI051426 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FREMONT, DAVED H. · 2003 to 2007
$1.5M
SCT PROBES FOR VIRAL IMMUNITYR56AI055849 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HANSEN, TED HOWARD · 2009 to 2009
$380k
NIAID NIH HHS AI055849NIAID NIH HHS AI27568NIAID NIH HHS AI5142604NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI019687NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI027568NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI055849NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI055849NIAID NIH HHS U54-AI057160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MHC class I peptide complexes (pMHC) are routinely used to enumerate T cell populations and are currently being evaluated as vaccines to tumors and specific pathogens. Herein, we describe the structures of three generations of single-chain pMHC progressively designed for the optimal presentation of covalently associated epitopes. Our ultimate design employs a versatile disulfide trap between an invariant MHC residue and a short C-terminal peptide extension. This general strategy is nondisruptive of native pMHC conformation and T cell receptor engagement. Indeed, cell-surface-expressed MHC complexes with disulfide-trapped epitopes are refractory to peptide exchange, suggesting they will make safe and effective vaccines. Furthermore, we find that disulfide-trap stabilized, recombinant pMHC reagents reliably detect polyclonal CD8 T cell populations as proficiently as conventional reagents and are thus well suited to monitor or modulate immune responses during pathogenesis.

Indexed as

DiagnosisAnimalsCrystallography, X-RayEpitopesMajor Histocompatibility ComplexMiceModels, MolecularMolecular ConformationPeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesVaccinesEpitopesPeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellVaccines

Identifiers

PMID17719490
PMCPMC3601489
OpenAlexW2016845063

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