A fail-safe mechanism for maintaining self-tolerance

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 553-564

  Guerder, Sylvie ^a,b   Matzinger, Polly ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HAPTENS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0026717868     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.176.2.553     Document Type: Article

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