Modifications of CD8+ T Cell Function during In Vivo Memory or Tolerance Induction

Signaling by intrathymic cytokines, not T cell antigen receptors, specifies CD8 lineage choice and promotes the differentiation of cytotoxic-lineage T cells

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Immunologic self-tolerance maintained by activated T cells expressing IL-2 receptor α-chains (CD25). Breakdown of a single mechanism of self-tolerance causes various autoimmune diseases

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Loss of CTLA-4 leads to massive lymphoproliferation and fatal multiorgan tissue destruction, revealing a critical negative regulatory role of CTLA-4

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RAG-2-deficient mice lack mature lymphocytes owing to inability to initiate V(D)J rearrangement

Yoichi Shinkai · Cell · 1992 · 2.6K citations

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Tolerance in T-cell-receptor transgenic mice involves deletion of nonmature CD4+8+ thymocytes

Paweł Kisielow, Horst Blüthmann, Uwe D. Staerz et al. · Nature · 1988 · 1.7K citations

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