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ArticleNature communications2024

Deep learning predictions of TCR-epitope interactions reveal epitope-specific chains in dual alpha T cells.

Giancarlo Croce, Sara Bobisse, Dana Léa Moreno, Julien Schmidt, Philippe Guillame, Alexandre Harari, David Gfeller

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giancarlo CroceDepartment of Oncology UNIL CHUV, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0944-1884
Sara BobisseAgora Cancer Research Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dana Léa MorenoDepartment of Oncology UNIL CHUV, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Julien SchmidtDepartment of Oncology UNIL CHUV, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Philippe GuillameSwiss Cancer Center Leman (SCCL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Alexandre HarariDepartment of Oncology UNIL CHUV, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1055-2090
David GfellerDepartment of Oncology UNIL CHUV, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. david.gfeller@unil.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3952-0930
University Hospital of Lausanne · CHSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · CH

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) CRSII5_193749
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cells have the ability to eliminate infected and cancer cells and play an essential role in cancer immunotherapy. T cell activation is elicited by the binding of the T cell receptor (TCR) to epitopes displayed on MHC molecules, and the TCR specificity is determined by the sequence of its α and β chains. Here, we collect and curate a dataset of 17,715 αβTCRs interacting with dozens of class I and class II epitopes. We use this curated data to develop MixTCRpred, an epitope-specific TCR-epitope interaction predictor. MixTCRpred accurately predicts TCRs recognizing several viral and cancer epitopes. MixTCRpred further provides a useful quality control tool for multiplexed single-cell TCR sequencing assays of epitope-specific T cells and pinpoints a substantial fraction of putative contaminants in public databases. Analysis of epitope-specific dual α T cells demonstrates that MixTCRpred can identify α chains mediating epitope recognition. Applying MixTCRpred to TCR repertoires from COVID-19 patients reveals enrichment of clonotypes predicted to bind an immunodominant SARS-CoV-2 epitope. Overall, MixTCRpred provides a robust tool to predict TCRs interacting with specific epitopes and interpret TCR-sequencing data from both bulk and epitope-specific T cells.

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COVID-19Deep LearningEpitopesHumansImmunodominant EpitopesT-LymphocytesEpitopesImmunodominant Epitopes

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PMID38615042
PMCPMC11016097
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