On the role of self-recognition in T cell responses to foreign antigen

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 191, Issue , 2003, Pages 97-106

  Štefanov́a, Irena ^a   Dorfman, Jeffrey R ^b   Tsukamoto, Makoto ^c   Germain, Ronald N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0037306466     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065X.2003.00006.x     Document Type: Review

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