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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Main Authors: Burger, Megan L, Leung, Kenneth K, Bennett, Margaux J, Winoto, Astar
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4171708/