Weakly self-reactive T-cell clones can homeostatically expand when present at low numbers

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 68-73

  Vrisekoop, Nienke ^a   Artusa, Patricio ^b   Monteiro, Joao P ^c   Mandl, Judith N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Lymphopenia induced proliferation; Regulation of homeostasis; T cell competition; T cell diversity; T cell repertoire

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIVISION; CELL EXPANSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL CLONE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOMARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONE CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 85003856376     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646540     Document Type: Article

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