Thymic commitment of regulatory T cells is a pathway of TCR-dependent selection that isolates repertoires undergoing positive or negative selection

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 293, Issue , 2005, Pages 43-71

  Coutinho, A ^a   Caramalho, I ^a   Seixas, E ^a   Demengeot, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVIEW; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20444396226     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27702-1_3     Document Type: Review

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