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Immunologic self tolerance maintained by T-cell-mediated control of self-reactive T cells: implications for
S Sakaguchi1, T Takahashi, S Yamazaki
1Department of Experimental Pathology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Shogoin Kawaharacho 53, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. shimon@frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Microbes and Infection
|September 21, 2001
Abstract:
T-cell-mediated dominant control of self-reactive T cells is one mechanism for maintaining immunologic self tolerance. It also hampers the generation of immunity to autologous tumor cells. Abrogation of the control can evoke potent tumor immunity as well as autoimmunity in normal animals. This common regulatory mechanism for autoimmunity and tumor immunity can be exploited to devise a novel immunotherapy against cancer.