Control of central and peripheral tolerance by Aire

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-103

  Metzger, Todd C ^a   Anderson, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Peripheral tolerance; Thymic selection; Transcriptional activator

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TISSUE ANTIGEN; TISSUE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CENTRAL TOLERANCE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PERIPHERAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PURIFYING SELECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLONAL DELETION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79954463242     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2011.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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