Why Aire? Compensating for late bloomers

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2969-2972

  Cohn, Melvin ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aire regulation; Autoimmunity; Negative selection; T cell tolerance; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNITY; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; SELF TOLERANCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70449564748     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939628     Document Type: Note

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