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ArticlePLoS computational biology2012

The efficiency of the human CD8+ T cell response: how should we quantify it, what determines it, and does it matter?

Marjet Elemans, Nafisa-Katrin Seich Al Basatena, Becca Asquith

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Quantification of heterogeneity in human CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2024
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  6. Heterogeneity in killing efficacy of individual effector CD8Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023
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  14. Initial viral load determines the magnitude of the human CD8 T cell response to yellow fever vaccination.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Marjet ElemansSection of Immunology, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Nafisa-Katrin Seich Al Basatena
Becca Asquith

Funding

Medical Research Council G0601072Medical Research Council G1001052Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 091845Wellcome Trust P21261
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multidisciplinary techniques, in particular the combination of theoretical and experimental immunology, can address questions about human immunity that cannot be answered by other means. From the turnover of virus-infected cells in vivo, to rates of thymic production and HLA class I epitope prediction, theoretical techniques provide a unique insight to supplement experimental approaches. Here we present our opinion, with examples, of some of the ways in which mathematics has contributed in our field of interest: the efficiency of the human CD8+ T cell response to persistent viruses.

Indexed as

CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesComputational BiologyEpitopesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansLigandsModels, BiologicalModels, TheoreticalPhenotypeReceptors, Antigen, T-CellEpitopesHistocompatibility Antigens Class ILigandsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID22383867
PMCPMC3285570

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