摘要
<正>Immunologicaltolerancetoselfisessentialformaintainingtheintegrityoftheorgansystems,anditsbreakdownmayleadtothedevelopmentofautoimmunediseases.Tolerancetoselfismaintainedthroughseveralmechanisms,whichincludenegativeselection,functionalinactivation(anergy)andsuppressionofautoreactivelymphocytes.However,onlynegativeselectionpermanentlyremovesautoreactivecellsthroughapoptosis.WhileithaslongbeenknownthatnegativeselectionrequiresaTcellreceptor(TCR)signal,itisunclearwhetheradeathligandsignalisalsoinvolved.TRAIL,thetumornecrosisfactor(TNF)-relatedapoptosis-inducingligand,isanewlydescribedmemberoftheTNFfamily.Unlikeotherdeathligandsof
出版日期
2002年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)