{"58152":{"#nid":"58152","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Immune System Key: New Study Questions Earlier Conclusions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ET cell receptors are among the most important molecules in the immune system because of their role in recognizing the antigens that signal such threats as viruses and cancer.  The receptors must also distinguish these threats from the body\u2019s own cells to avoid triggering an unwanted immune system response.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERecognition requires direct physical contact between the receptor and the antigen.  Researchers attempting to understand this critical mechanism, therefore, have been studying such factors as the affinity for interaction between antigens and T cell receptors, how long those interactions last and how rapidly they occur.  Information about these interactions has come mostly from studying receptor molecules removed from the outer membranes of T cells \u2013 the location where they normally operate.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/t-cell-receptor-kinetics\/\u0027\u003EFull article\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/groups\/zhu\/\u0027\u003EZhu Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Immune System Key: New Study Questions Earlier Conclusions about the Kinetics of T Cell Receptors","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Immune System Key: New Study Questions Earlier Conclusions"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2010-06-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:47","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"58153":{"id":"58153","type":"image","title":"Researchers from Georgia Tech and Emory University","body":null,"created":"1449176204","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:44","changed":"1475894512","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:52","alt":"Researchers from Georgia Tech and Emory University","file":{"fid":"190772","name":"tsb40928.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tsb40928_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tsb40928_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36756,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tsb40928_0.jpg?itok=VEWpZzdX"}}},"media_ids":["58153"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9893","name":"Cheng Zhu"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"9894","name":"Immune System Key: New Study Questions Earlier Conclusions about the Kinetics of T Cell Receptors"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jt7\u0022\u003EContact John Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-6986\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}