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ArticleCell genomics2022

Targeted long-read sequencing facilitates phased diploid assembly and genotyping of the human T cell receptor alpha, delta, and beta loci.

Oscar L Rodriguez, Catherine A Silver, Kaitlyn Shields, Melissa L Smith, Corey T Watson

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Article in Cell genomics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Oscar L RodriguezDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Catherine A SilverDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Kaitlyn ShieldsDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Melissa L SmithDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Corey T WatsonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
University of Louisville · US

Funding

An ethnically diverse genomic reference resource for the human heavy and light chain immunoglobulin lociR24AI138963 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI Melissa Laird Smith, Corey Taylor Watson · 2018 to 2026
$5.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R24 AI138963
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell receptors (TCRs) recognize peptide fragments presented by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and are critical to T cell-mediated immunity. Recent data have indicated that genetic diversity within TCR-encoding gene regions is underexplored, limiting understanding of the impact of TCR loci polymorphisms on TCR function in disease, even though TCR repertoire signatures (1) are heritable and (2) associate with disease phenotypes. To address this, we developed a targeted long-read sequencing approach to generate highly accurate haplotype resolved assemblies of the TCR beta (TRB) and alpha/delta (TRA/D) loci, facilitating the genotyping of all variant types, including structural variants. We validate our approach using two mother-father-child trios and 5 unrelated donors representing multiple populations. This resulted in improved genotyping accuracy and the discovery of 84 undocumented V, D, J, and C alleles, demonstrating the utility of this framework for improving our understanding of TCR diversity and function in disease.

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alphabetadeltaimmunogenomicslong-readslong-read sequencingstructural variantsT cell receptorTCRTCR alleles

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PMID36778049
PMCPMC9903726
OpenAlexW4312101299

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