Estimating T-cell repertoire diversity: limitations of classical estimators and a new approach

DJ Laydon, CRM Bangham… - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A highly diverse T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire is a fundamental property of an effective
immune system, and is associated with efficient control of viral infections and other …

Sequence analysis of T-cell repertoires in health and disease

DJ Woodsworth, M Castellarin, RA Holt - Genome medicine, 2013 - Springer
T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) variability enables the cellular immune system to discriminate
between self and non-self. High-throughput TCR sequencing (TCR-seq) involves the use of …

Using synthetic templates to design an unbiased multiplex PCR assay

CS Carlson, RO Emerson, AM Sherwood… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
T and B cell receptor loci undergo combinatorial rearrangement, generating a diverse
immune receptor repertoire, which is vital for recognition of potential antigens. Here we use …

Human fetal TNF-α-cytokine-producing CD4+ effector memory T cells promote intestinal development and mediate inflammation early in life

RRCE Schreurs, ME Baumdick, AF Sagebiel… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Although the fetal immune system is considered tolerogenic, preterm infants can suffer from
severe intestinal inflammation, including necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Here, we …

Exhaustive T-cell repertoire sequencing of human peripheral blood samples reveals signatures of antigen selection and a directly measured repertoire size of at least …

RL Warren, JD Freeman, T Zeng, G Choe… - Genome …, 2011 - genome.cshlp.org
Massively parallel sequencing is a useful approach for characterizing T-cell receptor
diversity. However, immune receptors are extraordinarily difficult sequencing targets …

IMGT/HighV QUEST paradigm for T cell receptor IMGT clonotype diversity and next generation repertoire immunoprofiling

S Li, MP Lefranc, JJ Miles, E Alamyar… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
T cell repertoire diversity and clonotype follow-up in vaccination, cancer, infectious and
immune diseases represent a major challenge owing to the enormous complexity of the data …

Quantitative assessment of T cell repertoire recovery after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

JWJ Van Heijst, I Ceberio, LB Lipuma, DW Samilo… - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
Delayed T cell recovery and restricted T cell receptor (TCR) diversity after allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) are associated with increased risks of …

Bias in the αβ T‐cell repertoire: implications for disease pathogenesis and vaccination

JJ Miles, DC Douek, DA Price - Immunology and cell biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

A conserved human T cell population targets mycobacterial antigens presented by CD1b

I Van Rhijn, A Kasmar, A De Jong, S Gras, M Bhati… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Human T cell antigen receptors (TCRs) pair in millions of combinations to create complex
and unique T cell repertoires for each person. Through the use of tetramers to analyze TCRs …

Next generation sequencing for TCR repertoire profiling: platform‐specific features and correction algorithms

DA Bolotin, IZ Mamedov, OV Britanova… - European journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The TCR repertoire is a mirror of the human immune system that reflects processes caused
by infections, cancer, autoimmunity, and aging. Next generation sequencing (NGS) is …