The third function of the thymus

Immunology Today

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-99

  Seddon, Benedict ^a   Mason, Don ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROTECTION; CROSS REACTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0034141684     PISSN: 01675699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(99)01559-5     Document Type: Review

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