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Abstract
In a recent issue of Immunity, Mark Davis and colleagues describe that thymic selection does not eliminate but prunes self-reactive T cell clones. Self-reactive T cells are a natural part of the T-cell repertoire and may be important in the fight against pathogens in addition to being important immune regulators.Entities:
Keywords: Anti-Tregs; CD8; IDO; PD-L1; self-reactive T cells; thymic selection
Year: 2015 PMID: 27141338 PMCID: PMC4839311 DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2015.1083672
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oncoimmunology ISSN: 2162-4011 Impact factor: 8.110