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ReviewCellular & molecular immunology2015

αβ T cell receptors as predictors of health and disease.

Meriem Attaf, Eric Huseby, Andrew K Sewell

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Review in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers.

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89citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed, 137 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Meriem AttafCardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
Eric HusebyDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Andrew K SewellCardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
Cardiff University · GBUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Origin and Control of Self-Reactive TCRsR01DK095077 · NIDDK · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI HUSEBY, ERIC S · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/H001085/1NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK095077Wellcome Trust 100327Wellcome Trust WT100327MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diversity of antigen receptors and the specificity it underlies are the hallmarks of the cellular arm of the adaptive immune system. T and B lymphocytes are indeed truly unique in their ability to generate receptors capable of recognizing virtually any pathogen. It has been known for several decades that T lymphocytes recognize short peptides derived from degraded proteins presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules at the cell surface. Interaction between peptide-MHC (pMHC) and the T cell receptor (TCR) is central to both thymic selection and peripheral antigen recognition. It is widely assumed that TCR diversity is required, or at least highly desirable, to provide sufficient immune coverage. However, a number of immune responses are associated with the selection of predictable, narrow, or skewed repertoires and public TCR chains. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on the formation of the TCR repertoire and its maintenance in health and disease. We also outline the various molecular mechanisms that govern the composition of the pre-selection, naive and antigen-specific TCR repertoires. Finally, we suggest that with the development of high-throughput sequencing, common TCR 'signatures' raised against specific antigens could provide important diagnostic biomarkers and surrogate predictors of disease onset, progression and outcome.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigensBiomarkersHistocompatibility AntigensHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaThymus GlandT-LymphocytesAntigensBiomarkersHistocompatibility AntigensReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta

Identifiers

PMID25619506
PMCPMC4496535
OpenAlexW2137435397

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