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SUBMITTER: Galea I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3744744 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Galea Ian I Stasakova Jana J Dunscombe Melanie S MS Ottensmeier Christian H CH Elliott Tim T Thirdborough Stephen M SM
European journal of immunology 20111128 1
A major contributing factor to the final magnitude and breadth of CD8(+) T-cell responses to complex antigens is immunodomination, where CD8(+) T cells recognizing their cognate ligand inhibit the proliferation of other CD8(+) T cells engaged with the same APC. In this study, we examined how the half-life of cell surface peptide-MHC class I complexes influences this phenomenon. We found that primary CD8(+) T-cell responses to DNA vaccines in mice are shaped by competition among responding CD ...[more]