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Editorial
. 2024 Feb 20:15:1377259.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1377259. eCollection 2024.

Editorial: Quantification and prediction of T-cell cross-reactivity through experimental and computational methods

Dinler A Antunes  1 , Brian M Baker  2 , Markus Cornberg  3   4   5 , Liisa K Selin  6
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Editorial: Quantification and prediction of T-cell cross-reactivity through experimental and computational methods

Dinler A Antunes et al. Front Immunol. .
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Keywords: MHC; T-cell specificity; TCR (T cell receptor); TCRpMHC; computational biology & bioinformatics; cross-reactivity.

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Artistic representation of the key molecules involved in T-cell recognition of an antigenic target. TCR chains (α and β) depicted in shades of purple, CD3 chains in shades of green, MHC chains (α and β2m) in shades of blue, and the peptide-target in red. Cell membranes are depicted in grey. Image obtained with UCSF ChimeraX, using PDB codes 6JXR and 5BRZ.
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