A role for phagocytosis in inducing cell death during thymocyte negative selection
Autoreactive thymocytes are eliminated during negative selection in the thymus, a process important for establishing self-tolerance. Thymic phagocytes serve to remove dead thymocytes, but whether they play additional roles during negative selection remains unclear. Here, using a murine thymic slice...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2019-12-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/48097 |