Reviving suppression?
Although the field of regulatory T cells has experienced a resurgence in recent years, the term 'suppressor T cell' has remained taboo. The explanation for this contradictory reaction to similar phenomena can be traced to the historical discovery and definition of each cell type.
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Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. harvey_cantor@dfci.harvard.edu
D000818:Animals; D017637:Clonal Deletion; D006801:Humans; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000502:physiology*