Defective thymocyte apoptosis and accelerated autoimmune diseases in TRAIL—null mice

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摘要 <正>Immunologicaltolerancetoselfisessentialformaintainingtheintegrityoftheorgansystems,anditsbreakdownmayleadtothedevelopmentofautoimmunediseases.Tolerancetoselfismaintainedthroughseveralmechanisms,whichincludenegativeselection,functionalinactivation(anergy)andsuppressionofautoreactivelymphocytes.However,onlynegativeselectionpermanentlyremovesautoreactivecellsthroughapoptosis.WhileithaslongbeenknownthatnegativeselectionrequiresaTcellreceptor(TCR)signal,itisunclearwhetheradeathligandsignalisalsoinvolved.TRAIL,thetumornecrosisfactor(TNF)-relatedapoptosis-inducingligand,isanewlydescribedmemberoftheTNFfamily.Unlikeotherdeathligandsof
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出处 《细胞研究:英文版》 2002年3期
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)
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