Thymic selection generates a large T cell pool recognizing a self-peptide in humans.

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Published in J Exp Med on February 18, 2002

Authors

Alfred Zippelius1, Mikaël J Pittet, Pascal Batard, Nathalie Rufer, Magda de Smedt, Philippe Guillaume, Kim Ellefsen, Danila Valmori, Danielle Liénard, Jean Plum, H Robson MacDonald, Daniel E Speiser, Jean-Charles Cerottini, Pedro Romero

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Clinical Onco-Immunology, University Hospital (CHUV), 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.

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