The role of T cell receptor signaling thresholds in guiding T cell fate decisions

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-48

  Zikherman, Julie ^a   Au Yeung, Byron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84922260071     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: 18790372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2015.01.012     Document Type: Review

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