Application of phage display for T-cell receptor discovery.

Angela Chiew Wen Ch'ng, Paula Lam, Mohammed Alassiri, Theam Soon Lim

Biotechnology advances 2022 Jan-Feb

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The immune system is tasked to keep our body unharmed and healthy. In the immune system, B- and T-lymphocytes are the two main components working together to stop and eliminate invading threats like virus particles, bacteria, fungi and parasite from attacking our healthy cells. The function of antibodies is relatively more direct in target recognition as compared to T-cell receptors (TCR) which recognizes antigenic peptides being presented on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Although phage display has been widely applied for antibody presentation, this is the opposite in the case of TCR. The cell surface TCR is a relatively large and complex molecule, making presentation on phage surfaces challenging. Even so, recombinant versions and modifications have been introduced to allow the growing development of TCR in phage display. In addition, the increasing application of TCR for immunotherapy has made it an important binding motif to be developed by phage display. This review will emphasize on the application of phage display for TCR discovery as well as the engineering aspect of TCR for improved characteristics. Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Angela Chiew Wen Ch'ng, Paula Lam, Mohammed Alassiri, Theam Soon Lim. Application of phage display for T-cell receptor discovery. Biotechnology advances. 2022 Jan-Feb;54:107870