Tolerance has its limits: How the thymus copes with infection

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 502-510

  Nunes Alves, Cláudio ^a,b,c   Nobrega, Claudia ^a,b   Behar, Samuel M ^c   Correia Neves, Margarida ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial response; Infection; T cell repertoire; Thymic microenvironment; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESPONSE; INFECTION; T CELL REPERTOIRE; THYMIC MICROENVIRONMENT; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFECTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84884816674     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2013.06.004     Document Type: Review

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