T cell-specific inhibition of multiple apoptotic pathways blocks negative selection and causes autoimmunity
T cell self-tolerance is thought to involve peripheral tolerance and negative selection, involving apoptosis of autoreactive thymocytes. However, evidence supporting an essential role for negative selection is limited. Loss of Bim, a Bcl-2 BH3-only protein essential for thymocyte apoptosis, rarely r...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4171708/ |