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The thymus and central tolerance

J Sprent1

  • 1Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.

Hormone and Metabolic Research = Hormon- Und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones Et Metabolisme
|June 1, 1996
PubMed

Thymic selection programs T lymphocytes to tolerate self antigens but respond to foreign antigens. The mechanisms involved in self tolerance induction are discussed.

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