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T cells are known to scale their clonal expansion and effector cytokine response according to the dose and strength of antigenic signal so as to balance their role of affecting protection with the intertwined and immunologically driven tissue damage. How T cells achieve this is now beginning to be understood. We underscore temporal integration of digital T cell receptor (TCR) signaling as the basis for achieving scaled response by means of accumulating crucial mediators over time. We also discuss the role of temporally integrated crosstalk between TCR and IL2 signaling in mediating a scaled, coherent, collective response by T cells. Finally, we highlight numerous known and putative regulatory interactions in the transcriptional program that are expected to quantitatively scale the T cell response, and also offer new mechanisms to hitherto unexplained observations.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.it.2016.06.005

Type

Journal article

Journal

Trends in immunology

Publication Date

08/2016

Volume

37

Pages

513 - 522

Addresses

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford OX3 7FY, UK.

Keywords

T-Lymphocytes, Animals, Humans, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Antigens, Signal Transduction, Immunomodulation, Biomarkers