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ArticleScience advances2025

Quantitative and large-scale investigation of human TCR-HLA cross-reactivity.

Mingyao Pan, Yuhao Tan, Yizhou Tracy Wang, Jing Hu, Julia Fleming, Hailong Hu, Ziqi Yang, Xiaowei Zhan, Bo Li

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Mingyao PanDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2912-9599
Yuhao TanCenter for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3040-1684
Yizhou Tracy WangCenter for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-3396-7846
Jing HuCenter for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Julia FlemingDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-4245-2456
Hailong HuCenter for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0565-7752
Ziqi YangDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Xiaowei ZhanQuantitative Biomedical Research Center, Peter O'Donnell School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6249-7193
Bo LiCenter for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8617-900X

Funding

Tracking Peripheral T-Cell Repertoire Changes for Preoperative and Early Ovarian Cancer DiagnosisR01CA258524 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jayanthi S Lea, Bo Li · 2022 to 2026
$3.8M
Antigen-independent prediction and biomarker identification of cancer-specific T cellsR01CA245318 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI LI, BO · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA245318NCI NIH HHS R01 CA258524
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interaction between human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) and T cell receptor (TCR) is essential for adaptive immune recognition. While it is known that one TCR can map to multiple HLA alleles, the extent of this cross-reactivity remains poorly understood. Here, we introduce THNet, a TCR-based HLA similarity network, and present a comprehensive analysis of HLA-TCR cross-reactivity, which is built upon more than 9 million significantly associated HLA-TCR pairs. We created similarity networks for both class I and class II HLA alleles, illustrating how peptide cross-presentation contributes to HLA-TCR cross-reactivity. Our analysis revealed disease susceptibilities missed by single-HLA enrichment analyses, especially in the Black population. Last, we demonstrated that THNet can prioritize optimal HLA mismatch candidates across different transplantation contexts, supporting its potential utility in donor selection strategies. In summary, our investigation of the HLA-TCR cross-reactive network provides useful insights into autoimmune risk prediction and improved transplantation outcomes.

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HLA AntigensReceptors, Antigen, T-CellAllelesCross ReactionsHumansHLA AntigensReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID41134880
PMCPMC12551698

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