Negative Co-Receptors and Ligands

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ahmed, Rafi (Editor), Honjo, Tasuku (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 350
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Biomedicine.

Adaptive immune responses serve as a key defense mechanism for the control of infections in vertebrates. Immune responses must be of sufficient strength to contain invading pathogens, antigen specific responses require regulatory mechanisms to ensure termination or downmodulation to avoid excessive...