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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2012

Unconventional recognition of peptides by T cells and the implications for autoimmunity.

James F Mohan, Emil R Unanue

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

James F MohanWashington University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Emil R Unanue
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interaction of antigen-presenting cells with free peptides or a denatured protein can give rise to peptide-MHC class II complexes that are distinct from those generated after the processing of the whole protein. Such atypical peptide-MHC complexes can be recognized by unconventional 'type B' T cells that are not a component of the normal immune response to proteins. Importantly, these unconventional T cells can be found in the setting of autoimmunity. Here, we discuss unconventional peptide recognition by type B T cells and consider the implications for type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityAnimalsAntigen PresentationAutoantigensCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansPeptidesT-LymphocytesT-Lymphocyte SubsetsAutoantigensEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIPeptides

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PMID22955843
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