Multiple ways to cellular immune tolerance.
Both central and peripheral pathways leading to T-cell tolerance were discussed at a recent meeting. The mechanisms that maintain self tolerance, as well as the conditions in which self-reactive T cells launch an autoaggressive attack, were specially emphasized.
Geenen
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Institute of Pathology B23, University of Liège-Sart Tilman, Belgium.
Kroemer
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D000818:Animals; D015551:Autoimmunity; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000276:immunology*; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology
D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell