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Superantigen-reactive T cells that display an anergic phenotype in vitro appear functional in vivo.
International immunology - 1 Jan 1995
Heeg K, Gaus H, Griese D, Bendigs S, Miethke T, Wagner H
Abstract excerpt
Clonal deletion and/or inactivation establishes tolerance to self antigens. Endogenous and exogenous (bacterial) superantigens, like the staphylococcal enterotoxins, induce ligand-specific clonal anergy in vivo and thus are believed to mirror aspects of post-thymic tolerance mechanisms in mature peripheral T cells. Here we analyzed the level of anergy of ligand-responsive V beta 8+ T cells from staphylococcal...
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