A unified theory of central tolerance in the thymus

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 215-221

  Liu, Yong Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; DEOXYGUANOSINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROTECTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THEORY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS GRAFT; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL MOVEMENT; DENDRITIC CELLS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-GAMMA; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33646162855     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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