Death in the AIRE

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 306-312

  Ferguson, Brian J ^a   Cooke, Anne ^a   Peterson, Pärt ^b   Rich, Tina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TISSUE ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX4; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 45849138509     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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