How Thymocytes Achieve Their Fate
Author(s) -
Dan R. Littman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.737
H-Index - 372
eISSN - 1550-6606
pISSN - 0022-1767
DOI - 10.4049/jimmunol.1600032
Subject(s) - major histocompatibility complex , mhc class ii , subdivision , biology , acquired immune system , t cell , mhc class i , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , cytotoxic t cell , class (philosophy) , thymocyte , immune system , genetics , computer science , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , in vitro
One of the central principles of adaptive immunity is the subdivision of T lymphocytes into functionally distinct subsets. Although multiple T cell subsets were shown in recent years to emerge from the thymus, most mature T cells consist of MHC class II (MHC II)–restricted CD4+ T helper cells and
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