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SUBMITTER: Kurd NS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957271 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kurd Nadia S NS Lutes Lydia K LK Yoon Jaewon J Chan Shiao Wei SW Dzhagalov Ivan L IL Hoover Ashley R AR Robey Ellen A EA
eLife 20191223
Autoreactive thymocytes are eliminated during negative selection in the thymus, a process important for establishing self-tolerance. Thymic phagocytes serve to remove dead thymocytes, but whether they play additional roles during negative selection remains unclear. Here, using a murine thymic slice model in which thymocytes undergo negative selection in situ, we demonstrate that phagocytosis promotes negative selection, and provide evidence for the escape of autoreactive CD8 T cells to the perip ...[more]