T CELL ACTIVATION DETERMINED BY T CELL RECEPTOR NUMBER AND TUNABLE THRESHOLDS

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141

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A ViolaA Lanzavecchia

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The requirements for T cell activation have been reported io vary widely depending on the state of the T cell, the type of antigen-presenting cell, and the nature of the T cell receptor (TCR) ligand. A unitary requirement for T cell responses was revealed by measurement of the number of triggered TCRs. Irrespective of the nature of the triggering ligand, T cells ''counted'' the number of triggered TCRs and responded when a threshold of similar to 8000 TCRs was reached. The capacity to reach the activation threshold was severely compromised by a reduction in the number of TCRs. Costimulatory signals lowered the activation threshold to similar to 1500 TCRs, thus making T cells more sensitive to antigenic stimulation.

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DOI:

10.1126/science.273.5271.104

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2685

年份:

1996

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