Central tolerance: Essential for preventing autoimmune disease?

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2313-2316

  Von Boehmer, Harald ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; INSULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 70349242192     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939575     Document Type: Review

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