Understanding the drivers of MHC restriction of T cell receptors

NL La Gruta, S Gras, SR Daley, PG Thomas… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
T cell discrimination of self and non-self is predicated on αβ T cell receptor (TCR) co-
recognition of peptides presented by MHC molecules. Over the past 20 years, structurally …

Immunoglobulin germline gene variation and its impact on human disease

I Mikocziova, V Greiff, LM Sollid - Genes & Immunity, 2021 - nature.com
Immunoglobulins (Ig) play an important role in the immune system both when expressed as
antigen receptors on the cell surface of B cells and as antibodies secreted into extracellular …

Analyzing the Mycobacterium tuberculosis immune response by T-cell receptor clustering with GLIPH2 and genome-wide antigen screening

H Huang, C Wang, F Rubelt, TJ Scriba… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
CD4+ T cells are critical to fighting pathogens, but a comprehensive analysis of human T-
cell specificities is hindered by the diversity of HLA alleles (> 20,000) and the complexity of …

Identifying specificity groups in the T cell receptor repertoire

J Glanville, H Huang, A Nau, O Hatton, LE Wagar… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
T cell receptor (TCR) sequences are very diverse, with many more possible sequence
combinations than T cells in any one individual,,,. Here we define the minimal requirements …

Observed antibody space: a resource for data mining next-generation sequencing of antibody repertoires

A Kovaltsuk, J Leem, S Kelm, J Snowden… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.aai.org
Abs are immune system proteins that recognize noxious molecules for elimination. Their
sequence diversity and binding versatility have made Abs the primary class of …

Computational strategies for dissecting the high-dimensional complexity of adaptive immune repertoires

E Miho, A Yermanos, CR Weber, CT Berger… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The adaptive immune system recognizes antigens via an immense array of antigen-binding
antibodies and T-cell receptors, the immune repertoire. The interrogation of immune …

Production of individualized V gene databases reveals high levels of immunoglobulin genetic diversity

MM Corcoran, GE Phad, NV Bernat… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Comprehensive knowledge of immunoglobulin genetics is required to advance our
understanding of B cell biology. Validated immunoglobulin variable (V) gene databases are …

iReceptor: a platform for querying and analyzing antibody/B‐cell and T‐cell receptor repertoire data across federated repositories

BD Corrie, N Marthandan, B Zimonja… - Immunological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Next‐generation sequencing allows the characterization of the adaptive immune receptor
repertoire (AIRR) in exquisite detail. These large‐scale AIRR‐seq data sets have rapidly …

Systems analysis reveals high genetic and antigen-driven predetermination of antibody repertoires throughout B cell development

V Greiff, U Menzel, E Miho, C Weber, R Riedel, S Cook… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Antibody repertoire diversity and plasticity is crucial for broad protective immunity.
Repertoires change in size and diversity across multiple B cell developmental stages and in …

Impaired B‐cell tolerance checkpoints promote the development of autoimmune diseases and pathogenic autoantibodies

E Meffre, KC O'Connor - Immunological reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A role for B cells in autoimmune diseases is now clearly established both in mouse models
and humans by successful treatment of multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis with anti …