A decade of AIRE

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 645-650

  Mathis, Diane ^a   Benoist, Christophe ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ALLOGENEIC RESTRICTION; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; AUTOIMMUNITY; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34547151992     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2136     Document Type: Review

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