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Jackson KJL, Kidd MJ, Wang Y, Collins AM. The shape of the lymphocyte receptor repertoire: lessons from the B cell receptor. Front Immunol 2013; 4:263. [PMID: 24032032 PMCID: PMC3759170 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Both the B cell receptor (BCR) and the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoires are generated through essentially identical processes of V(D)J recombination, exonuclease trimming of germline genes, and the random addition of non-template encoded nucleotides. The naïve TCR repertoire is constrained by thymic selection, and TCR repertoire studies have therefore focused strongly on the diversity of MHC-binding complementarity determining region (CDR) CDR3. The process of somatic point mutations has given B cell studies a major focus on variable (IGHV, IGLV, and IGKV) genes. This in turn has influenced how both the naïve and memory BCR repertoires have been studied. Diversity (D) genes are also more easily identified in BCR VDJ rearrangements than in TCR VDJ rearrangements, and this has allowed the processes and elements that contribute to the incredible diversity of the immunoglobulin heavy chain CDR3 to be analyzed in detail. This diversity can be contrasted with that of the light chain where a small number of polypeptide sequences dominate the repertoire. Biases in the use of different germline genes, in gene processing, and in the addition of non-template encoded nucleotides appear to be intrinsic to the recombination process, imparting "shape" to the repertoire of rearranged genes as a result of differences spanning many orders of magnitude in the probabilities that different BCRs will be generated. This may function to increase the precursor frequency of naïve B cells with important specificities, and the likely emergence of such B cell lineages upon antigen exposure is discussed with reference to public and private T cell clonotypes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Katherine J. L. Jackson
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Gras S, Burrows SR, Turner SJ, Sewell AK, McCluskey J, Rossjohn J. A structural voyage toward an understanding of the MHC-I-restricted immune response: lessons learned and much to be learned. Immunol Rev 2012; 250:61-81. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2012.01159.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Stephanie Gras
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; School of Biomedical Sciences; Monash University; Clayton; Australia
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for Vaccine Development; Brisbane; Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; University of Melbourne; Parkville; Australia
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- Institute of Infection and Immunity; Cardiff University School of Medicine; Cardiff; UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; University of Melbourne; Parkville; Australia
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Miles JJ, Douek DC, Price DA. Bias in the αβ T-cell repertoire: implications for disease pathogenesis and vaccination. Immunol Cell Biol 2011; 89:375-87. [PMID: 21301479 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2010.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The naïve T-cell repertoire is vast, containing millions of unique T-cell receptor (TCR) structures. Faced with such diversity, the mobilization of TCR structures from this enormous pool was once thought to be a stochastic, even chaotic, process. However, steady and systematic dissection over the last 20 years has revealed that this is not the case. Instead, the TCR repertoire deployed against individual antigens is routinely ordered and biased. Often, identical and near-identical TCR repertoires can be observed across different individuals, suggesting that the system encompasses an element of predictability. This review provides a catalog of αβ TCR bias by disease and by species, and discusses the mechanisms that govern this inherent and widespread phenomenon.
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- John J Miles
- T Cell Modulation Laboratory, Department of Infection, Immunity and Biochemistry, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
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Gras S, Chen Z, Miles JJ, Liu YC, Bell MJ, Sullivan LC, Kjer-Nielsen L, Brennan RM, Burrows JM, Neller MA, Khanna R, Purcell AW, Brooks AG, McCluskey J, Rossjohn J, Burrows SR. Allelic polymorphism in the T cell receptor and its impact on immune responses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 207:1555-67. [PMID: 20566715 PMCID: PMC2901058 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20100603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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In comparison to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) polymorphism, the impact of allelic sequence variation within T cell receptor (TCR) loci is much less understood. Particular TCR loci have been associated with autoimmunity, but the molecular basis for this phenomenon is undefined. We examined the T cell response to an HLA-B*3501-restricted epitope (HPVGEADYFEY) from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which is frequently dominated by a TRBV9*01(+) public TCR (TK3). However, the common allelic variant TRBV9*02, which differs by a single amino acid near the CDR2beta loop (Gln55-->His55), was never used in this response. The structure of the TK3 TCR, its allelic variant, and a nonnaturally occurring mutant (Gln55-->Ala55) in complex with HLA-B*3501(HPVGEADYFEY) revealed that the Gln55-->His55 polymorphism affected the charge complementarity at the TCR-peptide-MHC interface, resulting in reduced functional recognition of the cognate and naturally occurring variants of this EBV peptide. Thus, polymorphism in the TCR loci may contribute toward variability in immune responses and the outcome of infection.
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- Stephanie Gras
- The Protein Crystallography Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Odunsi K, Qian F, Matsuzaki J, Mhawech-Fauceglia P, Andrews C, Hoffman EW, Pan L, Ritter G, Villella J, Thomas B, Rodabaugh K, Lele S, Shrikant P, Old LJ, Gnjatic S. Vaccination with an NY-ESO-1 peptide of HLA class I/II specificities induces integrated humoral and T cell responses in ovarian cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:12837-42. [PMID: 17652518 PMCID: PMC1937553 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0703342104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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NY-ESO-1 is a "cancer-testis" antigen expressed in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and is among the most immunogenic tumor antigens defined to date. The NY-ESO-1 peptide epitope, ESO(157-170), is recognized by HLA-DP4-restricted CD4+ T cells and HLA-A2- and A24-restricted CD8+ T cells. To test whether providing cognate helper CD4+ T cells would enhance the antitumor immune response, we conducted a phase I clinical trial of immunization with ESO(157-170) mixed with incomplete Freund's adjuvant (Montanide ISA51) in 18 HLA-DP4+ EOC patients with minimal disease burden. NY-ESO-1-specific Ab responses and/or specific HLA-A2-restricted CD8+ and HLA-DP4-restricted CD4+ T cell responses were induced by a course of at least five vaccinations at three weekly intervals in a high proportion of patients. There were no serious vaccine-related adverse events. Vaccine-induced CD8+ and CD4+ T cell clones were shown to recognize NY-ESO-1-expressing tumor targets. T cell receptor analysis indicated that tumor-recognizing CD4+ T cell clones were structurally distinct from non-tumor-recognizing clones. Long-lived and functional vaccine-elicited CD8+ and CD4+ T cells were detectable in some patients up to 12 months after immunization. These results confirm the paradigm that the provision of cognate CD4+ T cell help is important for cancer vaccine design and provides the rationale for a phase II study design using ESO(157-170) epitope or the full-length NY-ESO-1 protein for immunotherapy in patients with EOC.
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- Kunle Odunsi
- Departments of Gynecologic Oncology
- Immunology
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: or
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- Departments of Gynecologic Oncology
- Immunology
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- Clinical Biostatistics, Cancer Prevention, and Population Science, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263; and
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: or
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
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Brzezinski JL, Deka R, Menon AG, Glass DN, Choi E. Variability in TRBV haplotype frequency and composition in Caucasian, African American, Western African and Chinese populations. Int J Immunogenet 2006; 32:413-20. [PMID: 16313308 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2005.00550.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The polymorphic T-cell receptor Vbeta (TRBV) genes encode much of the variable region of the T-cell receptor beta chain. Analysis of allele frequencies of three closely linked polymorphic TRBV genes, TRBV7-3, TRBV9 and TRBV6-4, was undertaken in several populations. The frequencies of these alleles are not significantly different in populations of Caucasians, African Americans and Western Africans. However, Chinese population is extremely homogenous at all three loci. The current study identifies the existence of haplotypic relationships between alleles of these genes in the Caucasian population. The ORF allele TRBV7-3*A3 is found exclusively on chromosomes bearing TRBV9*A2 and TRBV6-4*A2 in this cohort. In contrast, TRBV7-3*A1 and the null allele TRBV7-3*A2 are associated only with TRBV9*A1 and TRBV6-4*A1. This pattern of linkage disequilibrium (LD) is altered in the African American and Western African populations. In these cohorts, there is a marked reduction in LD between alleles of TRBV7-3 and TRBV9. This study is consistent with previous population genetic studies wherein African-derived samples have a greater level of genetic diversity compared to Caucasians. These data also demonstrate that patterns of LD are not consistent across the entire TRBV locus.
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- J L Brzezinski
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
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Buhler MM, Bennetts BH, Heard RN, Stewart GJ. T cell receptor beta chain genotyping in Australian relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients. Mult Scler 2000; 6:140-7. [PMID: 10871824 DOI: 10.1177/135245850000600302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study focused on susceptibility to MS within the beta-chain of the T-cell antigen receptor (TCRB locus, 7q35) in a cohort of 122 RR-MS patients compared with 96 normal individuals using biallelic polymorphisms across the bv8s1(Vbeta8.1) to bv11s1 (Vbeta11) TCRB subregion. The markers bv6s5, bv8s1, bv10s1, bv15s1 and bv3s1 were studied for allele and genotype frequencies; haplotypes were assigned with combinations of two of these markers and stratification for HLA-DR15 was also performed. Linkage disequilibrium was found between alleles of the bv8s1, bv10s1/bv15s1 and bv3s1 loci in both patients and controls. An increase among RR-MS patients in the allele frequency of bv8s1*2 (P=0.03) and the haplotype bv8s1*2/bv3s1*1 (P=0.006) was noted and both were found to be statistically significant. In the DR15-positive group, the association between TCRB and MS was seen with the bv8s1*2 allele (Puc=0.05) and the bv8s1*2/bv10s1 haplotypes (Puc=0.048), while the haplotype associations seen among DR15-negative RR-MS patients included the bv3s1*1 allele (bv10s1*1/ bv3s1*1, Puc=0.022; bv8s1*2/bv3s1*1, Puc=0.048). These results support the involvement of the TCRB region in MS susceptibility and encourage further study of the variable gene segments in this region.
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- M M Buhler
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
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Kolowos W, Schmitt M, Herrman M, Harrer E, Löw P, Kalden JR, Harrer T. Biased TCR Repertoire in HIV-1-Infected Patients Due to Clonal Expansion of HIV-1-Reverse Transcriptase-Specific CTL Clones. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.12.7525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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To study whether an expansion of HIV-1-specific CTL is contributing to the skewed TCR repertoire in HIV-1-infection, we characterized the TCR usage of CTL clones specific for a conserved epitope in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT/476-484). CTL clones from three HIV-1-infected patients displayed highly similar TCR usage and used the identical Vβ6.1 and Vα2.5 gene segments. CTL clones from two patients showed a very high degree of similarity within the TCR complementarity-determining region-3 (CDR-3). In accordance with the similar molecular structure, all three CTL clones also exhibited a similar functional activity with regard to recognition of variant peptides and cytokine secretion pattern. In one subject clonal expansion of a single CTL specificity could be shown over a 10-mo period. TCR spectratyping of PBMC from two patients revealed a marked expansion of CDR-3 segments of a certain length within the Vβ6-family. Sequence analysis of these CDR-3 yielded sequences identical to the RT/476-484-specific CTL previously isolated from the same patients. This analysis demonstrates that clonal expansion of HIV-1-specific CTL is contributing to the skewed TCR repertoire in HIV-1-infected patients.
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- W. Kolowos
- Department of Medicine III and Institute of Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III and Institute of Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III and Institute of Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III and Institute of Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III and Institute of Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III and Institute of Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III and Institute of Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Simone EA, Yu L, Wegmann DR, Eisenbarth GS. T cell receptor gene polymorphisms associated with anti-insulin, autoimmune T cells in diabetes-prone NOD mice. J Autoimmun 1997; 10:317-21. [PMID: 9218760 DOI: 10.1006/jaut.1997.0134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The great majority of insulin-specific T cell clones isolated from islets of NOD mice react with insulin peptide B-(9-23) (amino acids 9-23 of the insulin B chain). The T cell receptors of these clones contain diverse beta-chains but restricted alpha-chains. The dominant alpha-chain motif is a V alpha 13 segment (10 out of 13) combined to either a J alpha 45 or a J alpha 34 segment (eight out of 13). Furthermore, nine out of 10 of these V alpha 13 segments are a product of a novel NOD TCR V alpha gene which we have termed V alpha 13.3. Analysis of V alpha 13 transcripts from splenic cDNA libraries from the NOD, BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice revealed significant differences between strains. The NOD sequences contained both V alpha 13.1 and the novel V alpha 13.3. The BALB/c contained the previously reported V alpha 13.1 and V alpha 13.2, but not the V alpha 13.3 sequence identified in the NOD anti-insulin T cell clones. The C57BL/6 had V alpha 13.1 and V alpha 13.3 plus two additional novel sequences which we have termed V alpha 13.4 and V alpha 13.5. These V alpha 13 subfamily members differed by two to four amino acids in either the CDR1 region or adjoining the CDR2 region. The frequency of utilization of the different V alpha 13 subtypes varied dramatically between strains. In the NOD spleen, V alpha 13.3 was detected 79% of the time, compared to 21% for V alpha 13.1. In contrast, the C57BL/6 spleen contained only 7% of V alpha 13.3 sequences compared to the other subfamily members present (V alpha 13.1: 27%; V alpha 13.4: 56%; V alpha 13.5: 10%). MHC polymorphisms or other unknown selective pressures may contribute to these differences in V alpha 13 utilization. We hypothesize that the presence and frequent utilization of the V alpha 13.3 T cell receptor element is involved in targeting insulin B-(9-23) and may be related to diabetes susceptibility of NOD mice.
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- E A Simone
- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA
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Vessey SJ, Barouch DH, McAdam SN, Tussey LG, Davenport MA, O'Callaghan CA, Bell JI, McMichael AJ, Jakobsen BK. Engagement of a T cell receptor by major histocompatibility complex irrespective of peptide. Eur J Immunol 1997; 27:879-85. [PMID: 9130639 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830270412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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T cell receptors (TCR) identify target cells presenting a ligand consisting of a major histocompatibility complex molecule (MHC) and an antigenic peptide. A considerable amount of evidence indicates that the TCR contacts both the peptide and the MHC components of the ligand. In fully differentiated T cells the interaction between the peptide and the TCR makes the critical contribution to eliciting a cellular response. However, during the positive selection of thymocytes the contribution of peptide relative to MHC is less well established. Indeed it has been suggested that the critical interaction for positive selection is between the TCR and the MHC molecule and that peptides can be viewed as either allowing or obstructing this contact. This predicts that a given TCR is capable of engaging multiple MHC/peptide complexes. In this study a system is described which detects simply engagement of the TCR by MHC/peptide complexes rather than the functional outcome of such interactions. Using this approach the extent to which peptides can influence contacts between the TCR and the MHC molecule has been examined. The results show that the TCR does in fact engage a wide range of ligands in an MHC-restricted but largely peptide-independent manner, suggesting that only a few peptides are able to prevent the TCR from contacting the MHC molecule.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Binding, Competitive/drug effects
- Binding, Competitive/immunology
- Cell Degranulation/genetics
- Cell Degranulation/immunology
- Epitopes/genetics
- HLA-A2 Antigen/genetics
- HLA-A2 Antigen/metabolism
- HLA-A2 Antigen/pharmacology
- Humans
- Leukemia, Basophilic, Acute
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/immunology
- Peptides/immunology
- Peptides/metabolism
- Rats
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
- Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Affiliation(s)
- S J Vessey
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John-Radcliffe Hospital, GB
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