Advantage of having regulatory T cells requires localized suppression of immune reactions

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-401

  Saeki, Koichi ^a   Iwasa, Yoh ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Experience dependent differentiation; Localized suppression; Pre determined differentiation; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; CELL ORGANELLE; DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL INTERACTION; EFFECTOR CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69249214115     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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