title: "Self": standard of comparison for immunological recognition of foreignness.
abstract: It is suggested that the markers of biological individuality--i.e. the HLA antigens--may serve as the standard profiles against which foreignness is directly compared.
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008954:Models, Biological; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens