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NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages 823-836Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nri3084
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- European Research Council (ERC)
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
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The molecular details of antigen processing and presentation by MHC class I and class II molecules have been studied extensively for almost three decades. Although the basic principles of these processes were laid out approximately 10 years ago, the recent years have revealed many details and provided new insights into their control and specificity. MHC molecules use various biochemical reactions to achieve successful presentation of antigenic fragments to the immune system. Here we present a timely evaluation of the biology of antigen presentation and a survey of issues that are considered unresolved. The continuing flow of new details into our understanding of the biology of MHC class I and class II antigen presentation builds a system involving several cell biological processes, which is discussed in this Review.
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