T cells play a vital role mediating adaptive immunity, a specific acquired resistance to an infectious agent produced by the introduction of an antigen. There are a variety of T cell types with different functions. They are called T cells, because they are derived from the thymus gland. This volume discusses how T cells are regulated through the operation of signaling mechanisms. Topics covered include positive and negative selection, early events in T cell receptor engagement, and various T cell subsets.
| ISBN: | 9781498705080 |
| Publication date: | 9th March 2017 |
| Author: | Jonathan (Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) Soboloff |
| Publisher: | CRC Press Inc an imprint of Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 274 pages |
| Series: | Methods in Signal Transduction Series |
| Genres: |
Cellular biology (cytology) Molecular biology Immunology |