2015年03月26日 学会誌
日本生物物理学会欧文誌[BIOPHYSICS]に以下の論文が新規掲載されました。
Masashi K. Kajita, Ryo Yokota, Kazuyuki Aihara and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
”Experimental and theoretical bases for mechanisms of antigen discrimination by T cells”
【Significance】
A review for mechanisms of antigen discrimination by T cells
A T cell can discriminate even single amino acid substitution of a target antigen. We review recent experimental and theoretical advancement on the mechanism of the accurate discrimination. We specifically focus on the four important properties of the T cell discrimination, i.e., specificity, sensitivity, speed and concentration compensation by considering their tradeoff and balance. We also discuss the future directions towards understanding of the mechanisms from the viewpoint of cellular information processing.
BIOPHYSICS, Vol.11, pp. 85-92
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2142/biophysics.11.85