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ReviewMolecular immunology2008

The Tritope Model for restrictive recognition of antigen by T-cells II. Implications for ontogeny, evolution and physiology.

Melvin Cohn

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Review in Molecular immunology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Melvin CohnConceptual Immunology Group, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States. cohn@salk.edu

Funding

EVOLUTIONARY MODELS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEMR01RR007716 · NCRR · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI COHN, MELVIN · 1991 to 2010
$4.5M
NCRR NIH HHS R01 RR007716NCRR NIH HHS RR07716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Based on the Tritope Model of the TCR [Cohn, M., 2005c. The Tritope Model for restrictive recognition of antigen by T-cells. I. What assumptions about structure are needed to explain function? Mol. Immunol. 42, 1419-1443], a set of functional and evolutionary problems surrounding restrictive recognition of antigen are discussed. These include the origin of allele-specific recognition, the selection pressures for polygeneism and polymorphism, the TCR signaling interactions, the centrality of effector T-helper (eTh)-dependence for activation, the role of haplotype exclusion, "nonclassical" MHC-elements, alloreactivity versus xenoreactivity, etc. Further, a set of observations believed to support the Standard Model are reinterpreted.

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Evolution, MolecularModels, ImmunologicalAnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigensHumansT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerAntigens

Identifiers

PMID17889366
PMCPMC2104471

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