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High affinity T cell receptors from yeast display libraries block T cell activation by superantigens.
Journal of molecular biology - 13 Apr 2001
Kieke M C, Sundberg E, Shusta E V, Mariuzza R A, Wittrup K D, Kranz D M
Abstract excerpt
The alphabeta T cell receptor (TCR) can be triggered by a class of ligands called superantigens. Enterotoxins secreted by bacteria act as superantigens by simultaneously binding to an MHC class II molecule on an antigen- presenting cell and to a TCR beta-chain, thereby causing activation of the T cell. The cross-reactivity of enterotoxins with different Vbeta regions can lead to stimulation of a large fraction of...
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