Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Adaptive immunity

Unlocking T-cell receptor–epitope insights with structural analysis

A method leverages protein structural data to predict T-cell receptor–peptide interactions for unseen peptide epitopes, which can be particularly useful for applications in cancer immunotherapy, autoimmunity studies, and vaccine design.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: Traditional versus TCRen framework and data characteristics for pMHC–TCR binding tasks.

References

  1. Singh, N. K. et al. J. Immunol. 199, 2203–2213 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Hudson, D., Fernandes, R. A., Basham, M., Ogg, G. & Koohy, H. Nat. Rev. Immunol. 23, 511–521 (2023).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Vita, R. et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 47, D339–D343 (2019).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Karnaukhov, V. K. et al. Nat. Comput. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-024-00653-0 (2024).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Berman, H. M. et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 28, 235–242 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Abramson, J. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07487-w (2024).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Yin, R. et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 51, W569–W576 (2023).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Yu, B. et al. Cell 185, 4904–4920.e22 (2022).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Zdinak, P. M. et al. Nat. Methods 21, 846–856 (2024).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Shuai Cheng Li.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Additional information

Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Huo, M., Jiang, Y. & Li, S.C. Unlocking T-cell receptor–epitope insights with structural analysis. Nat Comput Sci 4, 475–476 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-024-00654-z

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-024-00654-z

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing