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ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2009

Mechanics of T cell receptor gene rearrangement.

Michael S Krangel

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 165 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
165citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

165 citing papers in PubMed, 263 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. T cell engagers in autoimmune diseases.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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  8. Strategies to eliminate native T cell receptors for adoptive T cell therapies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  16. Preselection CD4bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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105 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael S KrangelDepartment of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. krang001@mc.duke.edu
Duke University Hospital · US

Funding

CONTROL OF TCR V BETA REARRANGEMENT &ALLELIC EXCLUSIONR01AI049934 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI KRANGEL, MICHAEL S · 2001 to 2015
$6.8M
Control Of Tcr Delta And Tcr Alpha RearrangementR37GM041052 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI KRANGEL, MICHAEL S · 2006 to 2015
$5.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI049934NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI49934NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM041052NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM41052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The four T cell receptor genes (Tcra, Tcrb, Tcrg, Tcrd) are assembled by V(D)J recombination according to distinct programs during intrathymic T cell development. These programs depend on genetic factors, including gene segment order and recombination signal sequences. They also depend on epigenetic factors. Regulated changes in chromatin structure, directed by enhancers and promoter, can modify the availability of recombination signal sequences to the RAG recombinase. Regulated changes in locus conformation may control the synapsis of distant recombination signal sequences, and regulated changes in subnuclear positioning may influence locus recombination events by unknown mechanisms. Together these influences may explain the ordered activation and inactivation of T cell receptor locus recombination events and the phenomenon of Tcrb allelic exclusion.

Indexed as

Gene Rearrangement, T-LymphocyteAnimalsHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaRecombination, GeneticSignal TransductionVDJ ExonsVDJ RecombinasesReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaVDJ Recombinases

Identifiers

PMID19362456
PMCPMC2676214
OpenAlexW2059113040

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