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The tyrosine phosphatase PTPN22 discriminates weak self peptides from strong agonist TCR signals.
Nature immunology - 1 Sept 2014
Salmond Robert J, Brownlie Rebecca J, Morrison Vicky L, Zamoyska Rose
Abstract excerpt
T cells must be tolerant of self antigens to avoid autoimmunity but responsive to foreign antigens to provide protection against infection. We found that in both naive T cells and effector T cells, the tyrosine phosphatase PTPN22 limited signaling via the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) by weak agonists and self antigens while not impeding responses to strong agonist antigens. T cells lacking PTPN22 showed enhanced...
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