Autospecific gammadelta thymocytes that escape negative selection find sanctuary in the intestine.

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alphabeta or gammadelta thymocytes whose T-cell receptors (TCRs) recognize endogenously expressed antigens (Ag) are autospecific and, thus, potentially self-reactive. In the thymus, such T cells are eliminated during T-cell development through a process known as negative selection. As a model of negative selection of gammadelta T cells, we have used G8 gammadelta-T cell transgenic mice, which express a gammadelta...

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