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Adaptive immune recognition is mediated by specific interactions between heterodimeric T cell receptors (TCRs) and their cognate peptide-MHC (pMHC) ligands, and the methods to accurately predict TCR:pMHC interaction would have profound clinical, therapeutic and pharmaceutical applications. Herein, we review recent developments in predicting cross-reactivity and antigen specificity of TCR recognition. We discuss current experimental and computational approaches to investigate cross-reactivity and antigen-specificity of TCRs and highlight how integrating kinetic, biophysical and structural features may offer valuable insights in modeling immunogenicity. We further underscore the close inter-relationship of these two interconnected notions and the need to investigate each in the light of the other for a better understanding of T cell responsiveness for the effective clinical applications.

Original publication

DOI

10.3389/fimmu.2020.565096

Type

Journal article

Journal

Front Immunol

Publication Date

2020

Volume

11

Keywords

T cell cross reactivity, T cell specificity, adaptive immune system, antigen presentation, antigen specificity, epitope, Animals, Antigen Presentation, Antigens, Cross Reactions, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, Humans, Kinetics, Ligands, Peptides, Protein Binding, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, T-Lymphocytes