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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2010

Perspectives for computer modeling in the study of T cell activation.

Jesse Coward, Ronald N Germain, Grégoire Altan-Bonnet

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2010. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. A Rapid Translational Immune Response Program in CD8 Memory T Lymphocytes.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2022
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  8. Systems biology in vaccine design.Microbial biotechnology · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jesse CowardPrograms in Computational Biology and Immunology, ImmunoDynamics Group, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Ronald N Germain
Grégoire Altan-Bonnet

Funding

Immunology Team Contributions to the PSIIMZIAAI000974 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI GERMAIN, RONALD N · 2009 to 2025
$6.9M
Analysis Of T Cell Receptor Structure And FunctionZIAAI000403 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI GERMAIN, RONALD N · 2009 to 2015
$2.5M
Quantitative modeling of the phenotypic variability of individual T cells and theR01AI083408 · NIAID · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI ALTAN-BONNET, GREGOIRE · 2009 to 2012
$1.9M
Intramural NIH HHSNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083408NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI083408
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The T cell receptor (TCR) is responsible for discriminating between self- and foreign-derived peptides, translating minute differences in amino-acid sequence into large differences in response. Because of the great variability in the TCR and its ligands, activation of T cells by foreign peptides is a quantitative process, dependent on a mix of upstream signals and downstream integration. Accordingly, quantitative data and computational models have shed light on many important aspects of this process: molecular noise in ligand recognition, spatial dynamics in T cell-APC (antigen presenting cell) interactions, graded versus all-or-none decision making by the TCR apparatus, mechanisms of peptide antagonism and synergism, and the tunability and robustness of activation thresholds. Though diverse in their formalism, these studies together paint a picture of how modeling has shaped and will continue to shape understanding of T cell immunobiology.

Indexed as

Computer SimulationModels, BiologicalLymphocyte ActivationSignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes

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PMID20516137
PMCPMC2869519

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