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ReviewImmunological reviews2025

The Evolving T Cell Receptor Recognition Code: The Rules Are More Like Guidelines.

George I Gray, P Chukwunalu Chukwuma, Bassant Eldaly, W W J Gihan Perera, Chad A Brambley, Tatiana J Rosales, Brian M Baker

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. T Cell Thoughts.Immunological reviews · 2026
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  11. Establishment of Autoreactive CD4International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

George I GrayDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
P Chukwunalu ChukwumaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Bassant EldalyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
W W J Gihan PereraDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Chad A BrambleyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Tatiana J RosalesDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Brian M BakerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0864-0964

Funding

Structural biophysics and molecular design in cellular immunityR35GM118166 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI BAKER, BRIAN M · 2016 to 2025
$4.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118166NIH HHS R35GM118166
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

αβ T cell receptor (TCR) recognition of peptide-MHC complexes lies at the core of adaptive immunity, balancing specificity and cross-reactivity to facilitate effective antigen discrimination. Early structural studies established basic frameworks helpful for understanding and contextualizing TCR recognition and features such as peptide specificity and MHC restriction. However, the growing TCR structural database and studies launched from structural work continue to reveal exceptions to common assumptions and simplifications derived from earlier work. Here we explore our evolving understanding of TCR recognition, illustrating how structural and biophysical investigations regularly uncover complex phenomena that push against paradigms and expand our understanding of how TCRs bind to and discriminate between peptide/MHC complexes. We discuss the implications of these findings for basic, translational, and predictive immunology, including the challenges in accounting for the inherent adaptability, flexibility, and occasional biophysical sloppiness that characterize TCR recognition.

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Receptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaT-LymphocytesAnimalsHumansMajor Histocompatibility ComplexPeptidesProtein BindingProtein ConformationPeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta

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PMID39804137
PMCPMC11771984

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