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March 1, 2001New England Journal of Medicine454 citations

Tolerance and Autoimmunity

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TKThomas KamradtNMN Mitchison

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The immunologic specificity of the antigen receptors of T cells and B cells is the result of random shuffling of the many genes that form the DNA code for the antigen-binding site of these receptors.13 Theoretically, this process could generate 109 different T-cell receptors, including some that can bind to autoantigens (these cells are often called self-reactive T cells). Tolerance is the process that eliminates or neutralizes such autoreactive cells, and a breakdown in the working of this system can cause autoimmunity.B-Cell ToleranceAutoantibodies are characteristic of many autoimmune diseases and may be the direct cause of the . . .

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1577bf37103a43379fc789https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200103013440907
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