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Veronika I. Zarnitsyna

Researcher at Emory University

Publications -  64
Citations -  3085

Veronika I. Zarnitsyna is an academic researcher from Emory University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vaccination & Antibody. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 46 publications receiving 1904 citations. Previous affiliations of Veronika I. Zarnitsyna include Yerkes National Primate Research Center & Georgia Institute of Technology.

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The kinetics of two-dimensional TCR and pMHC interactions determine T-cell responsiveness

TL;DR: Two mechanical assays are used to show high 2D affinities between a TCR and its antigenic pMHC driven by rapid on-rates and suggest rapid antigen sampling by T cells and serial engagement by TCRs in a large self pM HC background.
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Estimating the Diversity, Completeness, and Cross-Reactivity of the T Cell Repertoire

TL;DR: It is shown that the existing hypotheses fail to explain why the immune system has the potential to generate far more diversity than is used in an individual, and an alternative hypothesis of “evolutionary sloppiness” is proposed.