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CD8 controls T cell cross-reactivity.


ABSTRACT: Estimates of human ?? TCR diversity suggest that there are <10(8) different Ag receptors in the naive T cell pool, a number that is dwarfed by the potential number of different antigenic peptide-MHC (pMHC) molecules that could be encountered. Consequently, an extremely high degree of cross-reactivity is essential for effective T cell immunity. Ag recognition by T cells is unique in that it involves a coreceptor that binds at a site distinct from the TCR to facilitate productive engagement of the pMHC. In this study, we show that the CD8 coreceptor controls T cell cross-reactivity for pMHCI Ags, thereby ensuring that the peripheral T cell repertoire is optimally poised to negotiate the competing demands of responsiveness in the face of danger and quiescence in the presence of self.

SUBMITTER: Wooldridge L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3018649 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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CD8 controls T cell cross-reactivity.

Wooldridge Linda L   Laugel Bruno B   Ekeruche Julia J   Clement Mathew M   van den Berg Hugo A HA   Price David A DA   Sewell Andrew K AK  

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20100915 8


Estimates of human αβ TCR diversity suggest that there are <10(8) different Ag receptors in the naive T cell pool, a number that is dwarfed by the potential number of different antigenic peptide-MHC (pMHC) molecules that could be encountered. Consequently, an extremely high degree of cross-reactivity is essential for effective T cell immunity. Ag recognition by T cells is unique in that it involves a coreceptor that binds at a site distinct from the TCR to facilitate productive engagement of the  ...[more]

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