T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire in alloimmune responses.
T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire in alloimmune responses.
复制标题
DOI:
10.3109/08830189609061747
复制
发表时间:
1996-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
Bishop, D K
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Finn, O J;Debruyne, L A;Bishop, D K
A large number of alloantigenic determinants could be generated by both the direct and indirect alloantigen presentation pathways. Hence, a heterogeneous population of T cells expressing a wide variety of receptors would be expected to respond to this diverse array of alloantigenic determinants. However, T cells expressing highly restricted T cell receptor (TCR) variable genes have been reported in a variety of alloimmune responses. A similar phenomenon has been observed in a wide variety of other immune responses, from those induced by superantigens, to very specific responses induced by a single peptide presented by a single MHC molecule. Given this scenario, the limited number of T cell clones which dominate an allograft rejection response, or for that matter an autoimmune response or a tumor specific response, could be therapeutically targeted by virtue of the selected TCR expression.