Contribution of dendritic cell/T cell interactions to triggering and maintaining autoimmunity

Under healthy conditions, there is a balance between tolerance to self-tissue constituents and immunity against foreign antigens. Autoimmunity diseases (AD) take place when that equilibrium is disrupted and the immune response is directed to self-antigens, leading to injury or destruction of host ti...

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Main Authors: Carolina Llanos, Leandro J Carreño, Alexis M Kalergis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602011000100007