Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20965176›Full record

ReviewFEBS letters2010

Computational analysis of T cell receptor signaling and ligand discrimination--past, present, and future.

Ronald N Germain

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Review in FEBS letters, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. How the T cell signaling network processes information to discriminate between self and agonist ligands.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Ronald N GermainLymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, Trans-NIH Center for Human Immunology (CHI), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1892, USA. rgermain@nih.gov

Funding

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
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI000403
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Signaling through the T cell receptor for antigen (TCR) has been studied for years by conventional biochemical means. More recently, attempts have been made to develop computational models of signaling through this receptor, with a specific focus on understanding how this recognition system discriminates between closely related (self and non-self) ligands. Here we discuss recent advances centered on the role of feedback regulation, especially the key finding that a combination of digital and analog control circuits is fundamental to the discrimination properties of the TCR. We end by pointing to future, more biologically accurate models that incorporate spatial aspects of molecular organization in antigen-engaged T lymphocytes with this underlying biochemistry.

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Signal TransductionAnimalsComputer SimulationHumansLigandsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellLigandsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID20965176
PMCPMC2998553

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