title: How T cells lose their touch.
abstract: T cells are among the most sensitive of cells, but in this issue of Immunity, Honda et al. (2014) demonstrate that effector T cells must lose their touch within hours to protect the host from immunopathology.
authors.affiliation: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS, The University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 7FY, UK; Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: michael.dustin@kennedy.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dustin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell