Revisiting Aire and tissue-restricted antigens at single-cell resolution

The thymus is a highly specialized organ that plays an indispensable role in the establishment of self-tolerance, a process characterized by the “education” of developing T-cells. To provide competent T-cells tolerant to self-antigens, medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) orchestrate negative s...

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Main Authors: Minoru Matsumoto, Hideyuki Yoshida, Koichi Tsuneyama, Takeshi Oya, Mitsuru Matsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1176450/full