T cell-mediated maintenance of natural self-tolerance: Its breakdown as a possible cause of various autoimmune diseases

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-220

  Sakaguchi, Shimon ^a   Toda, Masaaki ^a   Asano, Masanao ^b   Itoh, Misako ^c   Morse, Stephen S ^d   Sakaguchi, Noriko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c University of Tsukuba School of Medicine   (Japan)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; CD25; Regulatory T cells; Self reactive T cells; Self tolerance

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029955719     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaut.1996.0026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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