The ABC of major histocompatibility complexes and T cell receptors in health and disease

K Kedzierska, M Koutsakos - Viral Immunology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
A seminal discovery of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) restriction in T cell
recognition by Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel has led to 45 years of exciting research …

TCR repertoire evolution during maintenance of CMV‐specific T‐cell populations

K Schober, VR Buchholz, DH Busch - Immunological reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
During infections and cancer, the composition of the T‐cell receptor (TCR) repertoire of
antigen‐specific CD 8+ T cells changes over time. TCR avidity is thought to be a major driver …

Impact of epitope density on CD8+ T cell development and function

GL Cosma, LC Eisenlohr - Molecular immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
Effective immune responses against intracellular pathogens and tumors frequently rely upon
CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). In turn, CTL detection of foreign material from viruses …

Clonotype‐specific avidity influences the dynamics and hierarchy of virus‐specific regulatory and effector CD4+ T‐cell responses

J Liu, S Cao, G Peppers, SH Kim… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A key component of immunity against viruses, CD4+ T cells expand and differentiate into
functional subsets upon primary infection, where effector (Teff) cells facilitate infection …

Tracking phenotypically and functionally distinct T cell subsets via T cell repertoire diversity

K Kedzierska, NL La Gruta, J Stambas, SJ Turner… - Molecular …, 2008 - Elsevier
Antigen-specific T cell receptors (TCRs) recognise complexes of immunogenic peptides (p)
and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) glycoproteins. Responding T cell populations …

αβ T cell receptors as predictors of health and disease

M Attaf, E Huseby, AK Sewell - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2015 - nature.com
The diversity of antigen receptors and the specificity it underlies are the hallmarks of the
cellular arm of the adaptive immune system. T and B lymphocytes are indeed truly unique in …

T-cell virtuosity in ''knowing thyself”

O Acuto - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) I and II and the αβ T-cell antigen receptor (TCRαβ)
govern fundamental traits of adaptive immunity. They form a membrane-borne ligand …

Structural and biophysical determinants of αβ T‐cell antigen recognition

JS Bridgeman, AK Sewell, JJ Miles, DA Price… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The molecular rules that govern MHC restriction, and allow T‐cells to differentiate between
peptides derived from healthy cells and those from diseased cells, remain poorly …

The great balancing act: regulation and fate of antiviral T‐cell interactions

EA Moseman, DB McGavern - Immunological reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The fate of T lymphocytes revolves around a continuous stream of interactions between the
T‐cell receptor (TCR) and peptide‐major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules …

Attenuated T cell responses to a high-potency ligand in vivo

E Corse, RA Gottschalk, M Krogsgaard, JP Allison - PLoS biology, 2010 - journals.plos.org
αβ T cell receptor (TCR) recognition of foreign peptides bound to major histocompatibility
complex (pMHC) molecules on the surface of antigen presenting cells is a key event in the …