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Peptide-MHC class II complex stability governs CD4 T cell clonal selection.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jan 2010
Baumgartner Christina K, Ferrante Andrea, Nagaoka Mika, Gorski Jack, Malherbe Laurent P
Abstract excerpt
The clonal composition of the T cell response can affect its ability to mediate infection control or to induce autoimmunity, but the mechanisms regulating the responding TCR repertoire remain poorly defined. In this study, we immunized mice with wild-type or mutated peptides displaying varying binding half-lives with MHC class II molecules to measure the impact of peptide-MHC class II stability on the clonal...
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