"Self Tolerance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The normal lack of the ability to produce an immunological response to autologous (self) antigens. A breakdown of self tolerance leads to autoimmune diseases. The ability to recognize the difference between self and non-self is the prime function of the immune system.
| Descriptor ID |
D017634
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G12.535.425.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Self Tolerance- Self Tolerance
- Self Tolerances
- Tolerance, Self
- Tolerances, Self
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Self Tolerance" by people in Profiles.
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Schell SL, Soni C, Fasnacht MJ, Domeier PP, Cooper TK, Rahman ZSM. Mer Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Prevents Self-Ligand Sensing and Aberrant Selection in Germinal Centers. J Immunol. 2017 12 15; 199(12):4001-4015.
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Calkins CE. Regulatory T cells essential to prevent the loss of self-tolerance in murine models of erythrocyte-specific autoantibody responses. Immunol Res. 2011 Dec; 51(2-3):134-44.
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MacFarlane AW, Yamazaki T, Fang M, Sigal LJ, Kurosaki T, Campbell KS. Enhanced NK-cell development and function in BCAP-deficient mice. Blood. 2008 Jul 01; 112(1):131-40.
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Zhang GX, Xu H, Kishi M, Calida D, Rostami A. The role of IL-12 in the induction of intravenous tolerance in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Immunol. 2002 Mar 1; 168(5):2501-7.