title: Suppressor T cells: some answers but more questions.
abstract: Many properties of suppressor T cells and the antigen-binding factors derived from them have evaded molecular genetic definition. Here, Martin Dorf and colleagues discuss recent data in the context of a growing awareness of the molecules and principles involved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dorf
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kuchroo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000276:immunology; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000276:immunology; D013491:Suppressor Factors, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; C043911:I-J-antigen; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D013491:Suppressor Factors, Immunologic