Thymic Self-Antigen Expression for the Design of a Negative/Tolerogenic Self-Vaccine against Type 1 Diabetes

Before being able to react against infectious non-self-antigens, the immune system has to be educated in the recognition and tolerance of neuroendocrine proteins, and this critical process essentially takes place in the thymus. The development of the autoimmune diabetogenic response results from a t...

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Main Authors: Aziz Alami Chentoufi, Vincent Geenen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/349368
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