Distinct contributions of Aire and antigen-presenting-cell subsets to the generation of self-tolerance in the thymus

Immunity

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 414-426

  Perry, Justin S A ^a   Lio, Chan Wang J ^a,c   Kau, Andrew L ^a   Nutsch, Katherine ^a   Yang, Zhuo ^a   Gordon, Jeffrey I ^a   Murphy, Kenneth M ^b   Hsieh, Chyi Song ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; AUTOANTIGEN; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SNFT PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BARE LYMPHOCYTE SYNDROME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SELECTION; CHICKEN; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PYROSEQUENCING; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE MARROW CELL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, CD8; AUTOANTIGENS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84907982768     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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