Peripheral T cell survival
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Antonio A. Freitas; Benedita Rocha
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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T cell survival in the periphery is an active process, depending on continuous TCR engagement by peptide-MHC complexes and/or response to environmental cytokines. Naive T cells require interactions with the MHC restricting element. The survival requirements of memory T cells are as yet insufficient