Development of T-cell tolerance utilizes both cell-autonomous and cooperative presentation of self-antigen

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 141-155

  Perry, Justin S A ^a   Hsieh, Chyi Song ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation processing; Dendritic cells; Medullary thymic epithelial cells; T cells; Thymus; Tolerance suppression anergy

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PURIFYING SELECTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; ANTIGEN MEDIATED CLONAL SELECTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BONE MARROW CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CLONAL SELECTION, ANTIGEN-MEDIATED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SELF TOLERANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84963533918     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12403     Document Type: Article

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