News tagged with self antigens

Can we all just get along? Immunological memory learns tolerance

(Medical Xpress)—Immunology researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center are learning more about memory T cells, which are cells that fight infection from a previously encountered antigen.

Immunology Jan 15, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Sensing self and non-self: New research into immune tolerance

At the most basic level, the immune system must distinguish self from non-self, that is, it must discriminate between the molecular signatures of invading pathogens (non-self antigens) and cellular constituents that usually ...

Medical research Feb 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1 |