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. 2019 Jun 20;116(28):14002–14010. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1817255116

Table 1.

Experimental parameters used in this study

Parameters Value
Total cell area 415 μm2*
TCR diffusion coefficient 0.05 μm2 s−1
Number of TCRs per cell 41,500
Fraction of TCR segregation 0.62
CD45 to Lck ratio 2.5:1
Close contact radius 220 nm§
Half-life of T cell–APC contacts 120 s§
TCR triggering (minimum dwell time for triggering) 2 s§,

References are given for measurements taken from the literature.

*

Weaver (65).

Experimentally determined in this study for Jurkat T cells.

Experimentally determined in this study for CD4 T cells.

§

Cai et al. (49).

Hui and Vale (40).