Tolerance of self induced in thymus organ culture

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Title:	Tolerance of self induced in thymus organ culture
Creators Name:	Robertson, K., Simon, K., Schneider, S., Timms, E. and Mitchison, A.
Abstract:	F liver protein occurs in serum at low concentration, and therefore induces tolerance of self only in T cells. T cells which mature in cultured thymus lobes in the absence of this protein become reactive towards it but can be prevented from doing so by exposure to the protein while in culture. The threshold of tolerance induction for this soluble antigen is estimated in this way at approximately 1 microgram/ml, which is slightly less than the threshold of response of primed T cells in a proliferation assay. Freshly isolated thymocytes do not display reactivity to self-F protein, indicating that T cells normally become tolerant while still within the thymus.
Keywords:	Immune Tolerance, Isoantigens, Organ Culture Techniques, Pregnancy, T-Lymphocytes, Thymus Gland / Immunology, Animals, Mice
Source:	European Journal of Immunology
ISSN:	0014-2980
Publisher:	Wiley
Volume:	22
Number:	1
Page Range:	207-11
Date:	January 1992
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.1830220130
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