Quorum sensing allows T cells to discriminate between self and nonself
T cells orchestrate pathogen-specific adaptive immune responses by identifying peptides derived from pathogenic proteins that are displayed on the surface of infected cells. Host cells also display peptide fragments from the host's own proteins. Incorrectly identifying peptides derived from the...
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Main Authors: |
Butler, Thomas Charles
(Contributor),
Kardar, Mehran
(Contributor),
Chakraborty, Arup K
(Author) |
Other Authors: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
(Contributor),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
(Contributor),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
(Contributor),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
(Contributor),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
(Contributor),
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
(Contributor),
Chakraborty, Arup K.
(Contributor) |
Format: | Article
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Language: | English |
Published: |
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.),
2014-03-24T16:02:57Z.
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