Structural and biophysical insights into the role of CD4 and CD8 in T cell activation

T cell receptors (TCRs) recognize peptides presented by MHC molecules (pMHC) on an antigen-presenting cell (APC) to discriminate foreign from self antigens and initiate adaptive immune responses. In addition, T cell activation generally requires binding of this same pMHC to a CD4 or CD8 co-receptor,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yili eLi, Roy eMariuzza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
CD4
MHC
CD8
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00206/full