Historical Overview of Immunological Tolerance
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Historical overview of immunological tolerance.
A fundamental property of the immune system is its ability to mediate self-defense with a minimal amount of collateral damage to the host. The system uses several different mechanisms to achieve this goal, which is collectively referred to as the "process of immunological tolerance." This article provides an introductory historical overview to these various mechanisms, which are discussed in gr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1943-0264
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a006908