Persisting fetal clonotypes influence the structure and overlap of adult human T cell receptor repertoires
The diversity of T-cell receptors recognizing foreign pathogens is generated through a highly stochastic recombination process, making the independent production of the same sequence rare. Yet unrelated individuals do share receptors, which together constitute a "public" repertoire of abun...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | PLoS computational biology Jg. 13; H. 7; S. e1005572 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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01.07.2017
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| ISSN: | 1553-7358, 1553-734X, 1553-7358 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The diversity of T-cell receptors recognizing foreign pathogens is generated through a highly stochastic recombination process, making the independent production of the same sequence rare. Yet unrelated individuals do share receptors, which together constitute a "public" repertoire of abundant clonotypes. The TCR repertoire is initially formed prenatally, when the enzyme inserting random nucleotides is downregulated, producing a limited diversity subset. By statistically analyzing deep sequencing T-cell repertoire data from twins, unrelated individuals of various ages, and cord blood, we show that T-cell clones generated before birth persist and maintain high abundances in adult organisms for decades, slowly decaying with age. Our results suggest that large, low-diversity public clones are created during pre-natal life, and survive over long periods, providing the basis of the public repertoire. |
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| Bibliographie: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 Conceptualization: DMC IZM YBL TM AMW.Data curation: MVP.Formal analysis: MVP YE QM TM AMW.Funding acquisition: DMC IZM YBL TM AMW.Investigation: MVP ALS EAK OVB.Methodology: MVP YE QM TM AMW.Project administration: DMC IZM YBL TM AMW.Resources: MVP ALS EAK OVB.Software: MVP YE QM VIN.Supervision: DMC IZM YBL TM AMW.Writing – original draft: TM AMW MVP.Writing – review & editing: TM AMW MVP. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. |
| ISSN: | 1553-7358 1553-734X 1553-7358 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005572 |