The self-obsession of T cells: How TCR signaling thresholds affect fate 'decisions' and effector function

Nature Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 815-823

  Hogquist, Kristin A ^a   Jameson, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD5 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN CORTEX; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INVARIANT NATURAL KILLER T CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CLONAL DELETION; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84906243997     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2938     Document Type: Article

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