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KMID : 0620920150470030010
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Experimental & Molecular Medicine
2015 Volume.47 No. 3 p.10 ~ p.10
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Analyses of the TCR repertoire of MHC class II-restricted innate CD4+ T cells
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Kang Byung-Hyun
Min Hye-Sook
Lee You-Jeong
Choi Bo-mi
Kim Eun-Ji
Lee Jong-Hoon
Kim Jeong-Rae
Cho Kwang-Hyun
Kim Tae-Jin
Jung Kyeong-Cheon
Park Seong-Hoe
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Abstract
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Analysis of the T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire of innate CD4+ T cells selected by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-dependent thymocyte?thymocyte (T-T) interaction (T-T CD4+ T cells) is essential for predicting the characteristics of the antigens that bind to these T cells and for distinguishing T-T CD4+ T cells from other types of innate T cells. Using the TCRmini Tg mouse model, we show that the repertoire of TCRα chains in T-T CD4+ T cells was extremely diverse, in contrast to the repertoires previously described for other types of innate T cells. The TCRα chain sequences significantly overlapped between T-T CD4+ T cells and conventional CD4+ T cells in the thymus and spleen. However, the diversity of the TCRα repertoire of T-T CD4+ T cells seemed to be restricted compared with that of conventional CD4+ T cells. Interestingly, the frequency of the parental OT-II TCRα chains was significantly reduced in the process of T-T interaction. This diverse and shifted repertoire in T-T CD4+ T cells has biological relevance in terms of defense against diverse pathogens and a possible regulatory role during peripheral T-T interaction.
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