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Naive CD4(+) T cell frequency varies for different epitopes and predicts repertoire diversity and response magnitude.
Immunity - 1 Aug 2007
Moon James J, Chu H Hamlet, Pepper Marion, McSorley Stephen J, Jameson Stephen C, Kedl Ross M, Jenkins Marc K
Abstract excerpt
Cell-mediated immunity stems from the proliferation of naive T lymphocytes expressing T cell antigen receptors (TCRs) specific for foreign peptides bound to host major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. Because of the tremendous diversity of the T cell repertoire, naive T cells specific for any one peptide:MHC complex (pMHC) are extremely rare. Thus, it is not known how many naive T cells of any given...
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