B7/CD28 in central tolerance: Costimulation promotes maturation of regulatory T cell precursors and prevents their clonal deletion

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2011, Pages

  Hinterberger, Maria ^a   Wirnsberger, Gerald ^a,b   Klein, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

B7; CD28; Costimulation; Regulatory T cell; Thymocyte development; Thymus; Thymus epithelium; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155170171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2011.00030     Document Type: Article

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