The Interface Between Innate and Acquired Immunity (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology)
Contributors: M.D. Cooper (Editor); H. Koprowski (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9783540428947
Subjects: Biochemical immunology; Microbiology (non-medical); Science; Molecular Microbiology; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Microbiology; Autoimmune disease; NK cells; Science / Microbiology; T helper cells; antigen-specific receptor genes; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Immunology
First sentence: In normal people, autoreactive T cells can be deleted, either in the thymus or in the periphery, following presentation of self-peptides by host antigen-presenting cells (APCs) to self-reactive T cells (Kurts et al. 1996, 1998a,b).