2009
Replication analysis identifies TYK2 as a multiple sclerosis susceptibility factor
Ban M, Goris A, Lorentzen Å, Baker A, Mihalova T, Ingram G, Booth DR, Heard RN, Stewart GJ, Bogaert E, Dubois B, Harbo HF, Celius EG, Spurkland A, Strange R, Hawkins C, Robertson NP, Dudbridge F, Wason J, De Jager PL, Hafler D, Rioux JD, Ivinson AJ, McCauley JL, Pericak-Vance M, Oksenberg JR, Hauser SL, Sexton D, Haines J, Sawcer S. Replication analysis identifies TYK2 as a multiple sclerosis susceptibility factor. European Journal Of Human Genetics 2009, 17: 1309-1313. PMID: 19293837, PMCID: PMC2782567, DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.41.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesNon-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphismsRecent genome-wide association studiesLevel of phosphorylationAmino acid substitutionsTyrosine kinase 2 geneKinase 2 geneSingle-nucleotide polymorphism resultsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsKinase domainMultiple sclerosis susceptibility genesAssociation studiesAcid substitutionsFunctional roleSusceptibility genesNucleotide polymorphismsPolymorphism resultsTrio familiesReplication analysisGenesLociTYK2Susceptibility factorsPhosphorylationMultiple sclerosis
1999
Noncanonical Vα24JαQ T cells with conservative α chain CDR3 region amino acid substitutions are restricted by CD1d
Kent S, Hafler D, Strominger J, Wilson S. Noncanonical Vα24JαQ T cells with conservative α chain CDR3 region amino acid substitutions are restricted by CD1d. Human Immunology 1999, 60: 1080-1089. PMID: 10600006, DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(99)00109-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAntigens, CD1Antigens, CD1dBase SequenceClone CellsComplementarity Determining RegionsConserved SequenceDNAGene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen ReceptorHumansImmunoglobulin Variable RegionImmunophenotypingKiller Cells, NaturalReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaT-Lymphocyte SubsetsConceptsT cell receptorT cellsCD1d restrictionPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsBlood mononuclear cellsAmino acid substitutionsAlpha chainSingle amino acid substitutionHuman CD161Total CD4Mononuclear cellsInterleukin-4Surface phenotypeRestriction elementsCD4Acid substitutionsCD1dCDR3 residuesJ rearrangementsJ junctionsVariant clonesChain transcriptsCellsJalpha18Valpha24
1996
Complementary mutations in an antigenic peptide allow for crossreactivity of autoreactive T-cell clones
Ausubel L, Kwan C, Sette A, Kuchroo V, Hafler D. Complementary mutations in an antigenic peptide allow for crossreactivity of autoreactive T-cell clones. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1996, 93: 15317-15322. PMID: 8986809, PMCID: PMC26402, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.26.15317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell clonesT cell receptorAutoreactive T cell clonesSpecific T cell clonesAntigenic peptidesMajor histocompatibility complex moleculesSpecific peptide antigenContext of MHCT cell recognitionTCR contact residuesMHC-antigen complexesHistocompatibility complex moleculesMHC-peptide complexesSingle conservative amino acid substitutionTCR-MHCT cellsReceptor plasticityPeptide antigensFunctional pocketStimulating peptideCrossreactivityAntigenTrimolecular complexAmino acid substitutionsConservative amino acid substitutions
1994
Differential activation of cytolysis and proliferation in HTLV-I tax-reactive CD8 T cells by a single amino acid substitution in a T cell receptor contact residue of the peptide antigen
Höllsberg P, Weber W, Dangond F, Batra V, Sette A, Hafler D. Differential activation of cytolysis and proliferation in HTLV-I tax-reactive CD8 T cells by a single amino acid substitution in a T cell receptor contact residue of the peptide antigen. Journal Of Neuroimmunology 1994, 54: 168. DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(94)90360-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research