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ArticleClinical and molecular allergy : CMA2008

Three dimensional structure directs T-cell epitope dominance associated with allergy.

Scott J Melton, Samuel J Landry

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Article in Clinical and molecular allergy : CMA, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Scott J MeltonBiomedical Sciences Graduate Program, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA. smelton@tulane.edu.
Samuel J Landry
Tulane University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCD4+ T-cell epitope immunodominance is not adequately explained by peptide selectivity in class II major histocompatibility proteins, but it has been correlated with adjacent segments of conformational flexibility in several antigens.

methodsThe published T-cell responses to two venom allergens and two aeroallergens were used to construct profiles of epitope dominance, which were correlated with the distribution of conformational flexibility, as measured by crystallographic B factors, solvent-accessible surface, COREX residue stability, and sequence entropy.

resultsEpitopes associated with allergy tended to be excluded from and lie adjacent to flexible segments of the allergen.

conclusionDuring the initiation of allergy, the N- and/or C-terminal ends of proteolytic processing intermediates were preferentially loaded into antigen presenting proteins for the priming of CD4+ T cells.

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PMID18793409
PMCPMC2553403
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