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Dichotomy between the induction of suppressor cells and immunologic tolerance by adult thymectomy

Y Borel, L Kilham, S E Kurtz

    The Journal of Experimental Medicine
    |March 1, 1980
    PubMed

    Adult thymectomy prevents the development of suppressor T cells without impairing the induction of immunologic tolerance to the same antigenic determinant. This finding demonstrates that the cellular mechanisms underlying immune suppression and immune tolerance are different.

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