The elimination of autoreactive T cells in the thymus involves the process of programmed cell death. Animal model studies, using the lpr and gld strains of mice, have identified FAS receptor (FAS) and FAS ligand (FAS-L) as important components of this mechanism. Whether FAS and FAS-L are also implic
Apoptosis and autoimmune disease
✍ Scribed by L. A. O'Reilly; A. Strasser
- Publisher
- SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 508 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1420-908X
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