Dysregulation of thymic clonal deletion and the escape of autoreactive T cells

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 449-457

  Kroger, Charles J ^a   Flores, Rafael R ^a   Morillon, Maurice ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Tisch, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presenting cells; Autoimmunity; Central tolerance; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLONAL DELETION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 78649331463     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-010-0100-3     Document Type: Review

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