A Broad Range of Self-Reactivity Drives Thymic Regulatory T Cell Selection to Limit Responses to Self

Immunity

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 475-486

  Lee, Hyang Mi ^a   Bautista, Jhoanne L ^a   Scott Browne, James ^b   Mohan, James F ^a   Hsieh, Chyi Song ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; OVALBUMIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL LINE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVALBUMIN; PEPTIDES; PERIPHERAL TOLERANCE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84866524744     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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