Positive and negative selection of the T cell repertoire: what thymocytes see (and don't see)
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- 16 May 2014
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Reviews Immunology
- Vol. 14 (6), 377-391
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nri3667
Abstract
The cell fate decisions of developing thymocytes are coordinated by interactions with self-peptide–MHC complexes that are displayed by various types of thymic antigen presenting cells (APCs). Different thymic APCs use cell type-specific strategies of self antigen sampling and processing. Cortical thymic epithelial cells (cTECs) use unique proteolytic pathways to generate MHC class I-bound and MHC class II-bound peptides, and these 'private' peptides expressed by cTECs are critical for the positive selection of a fully functional T cell repertoire. Several types of haematopoieteic and non-haematopoietic APCs cooperatively present self antigens for central tolerance induction. Medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) promiscuously express peripheral self antigens and autonomously present these to thymocytes. Different subsets of dendritic cells sample blood-borne and mTEC-derived self antigens within the thymus or transport peripheral self antigens into the thymus.Keywords
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