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ArticlePeerJ2026

LANTERN: TCR-peptide binding prediction

Cong Qi, Hanzhang Fang, Siqi Jiang, Tianxing Hu, Zhi Wei

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Cong QiComputer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, United States.ORCID 0009-0001-8940-0996
Hanzhang FangComputer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Siqi JiangComputer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Tianxing HuComputer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Zhi WeiComputer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, United States.

Funding

Novel Computational and Statistical Methods for Single-cell Omics DataR35GM158529 · NIGMS · NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Zhi Wei · 2025 to 2026
$753k
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM158529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Predicting T-cell receptor (TCR) and peptide-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) interactions is critical for advancing targeted immunotherapies and personalized medicine. However, existing models often struggle with limited labeled data and poor generalization to novel epitopes. We present LANTERN (Large lAnguage model-powered TCR-Enhanced Recognition Network), a novel deep learning framework that combines pretrained protein and molecular language models with a cross-modality fusion mechanism. Specifically, LANTERN encodes TCR sequences using ESM and peptides as Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System (SMILES) strings

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PeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellHumansImmunoinformaticsLarge Language ModelsMajor Histocompatibility ComplexPredictive Learning ModelsProtein BindingPeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellChemistry predictionSMILES sequence

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PMID41940380
PMCPMC13045841

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