The danger is growing! A new paradigm for immune system activation and peripheral tolerance.

Successful immune defense is a complex balancing act. In order to protect a host against invasion by harmful pathogens, an immune response must be rapid and vigorous, and must eliminate foreign invaders before their populations grow beyond control. That same immune response, however, must be selecti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sharon Bewick, Ruoting Yang, Mingjun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19956616/pdf/?tool=EBI