Quorum sensing allows T cells to discriminate between self and nonself

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 11833-11838

  Butler, Thomas Charles ^a,b   Kardar, Mehran ^a   Chakraborty, Arup K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Self tolerance; Statistical mechanics; T cell mediated autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTOREACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SELECTION; IMMATURE T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LYMPHOCYTE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THEORY; THYMUS;

SELF TOLERANCE; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; T-CELL-MEDIATED AUTOIMMUNITY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84880360732     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222467110     Document Type: Article

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