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ReviewCurrent opinion in organ transplantation2010

Generation of MHC class II-peptide ligands for CD4 T-cell allorecognition of MHC class II molecules.

Scott A Leddon, Andrea J Sant

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Review in Current opinion in organ transplantation, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Scott A LeddonDavid H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, AaB Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
Andrea J Sant
University of Rochester · US

Funding

Immunodominance in CD4 T Cell ResponsesR01AI051542 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI SANT, ANDREA JANINE · 2002 to 2012
$3.6M
Engineering of B cell targeted antigens and pathogensR03AI088390 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI SANT, ANDREA JANINE · 2010 to 2011
$153k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051542NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI088390
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie allorecognition of MHC class II molecules have been the subject of much debate and experimentation in recent decades. In this review, we discuss several aspects of MHC class II structure, peptide acquisition and TcR-MHC-peptide interactions that have particular relevance to recognition of cells bearing allogeneic class II molecules. RECENT

findingsFirst, MHC polymorphism is heavily biased toward those amino acids that influence stable peptide binding by MHC class II. Second, the peptide repertoire presented by class II molecules is highly diverse and can be edited substantially by the molecular catalyst HLA-DM and by tissue-specific expression of HLA-DO, stress and cytokines. Third, T-cell receptor docking onto MHC peptide consistently involves substantial contacts with the bound peptide in the MHC class II molecule. Finally, there is increasing evidence that T-cell recognition of MHC is, in part, germline encoded through T-cell-receptor V region contacts with MHC class II alpha helices. SUMMARY: Together, these conclusions support the view that allorecognition of MHC class II molecules is likely to parallel key aspects of conventional CD4 T-cell recognition, with allele-dependent variation in peptide representation accounting in large part for the high precursor frequency of alloreactive CD4 T cells.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansLigandsModels, MolecularProtein ConformationProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellStructure-Activity RelationshipHistocompatibility Antigens Class IILigandsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID20616724
PMCPMC3085167
OpenAlexW1992730395

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