Dynamic tuning of lymphocytes: Physiological basis, mechanisms, and function∗

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 677-713

  Grossman, Zvi ^a,b   Paul, William E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activation threshold; Adaptation; Adaptive differentiation; Anergy; Functional reprogramming; Immune regulation; Reciprocal tuning; Self nonself discrimination; Subthreshold interaction

Indexed keywords

CD5 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL VIABILITY; EXHAUSTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAST CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; PHENOTYPE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 84927652023     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: 15453278     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-032712-100027     Document Type: Article

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