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self-tolerance

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self-tolerance /self-tol·er·ance/ (-tol´er-ans) immunological tolerance to self-antigens.
self-tolerance,
the absence of an immune response directed against a person's own tissue antigens.

self-tolerance [self-tol´er-ans]
immunological tolerance to self-antigens.

self-tolerance
immunological tolerance to self-antigens.


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of Oxford, UK), advances in the understanding of immunological tolerance raise the prospect of reestablishing a state of self-tolerance in the face of progressive autoimmunity and also suggest the possibility for avoiding the need for immunosuppression in order to treat transplant rejection.
Those identified from tumor cells could allow for the creation of therapeutic cancer vaccines to help overcome the body's self-tolerance to certain cancers.
 
 
 
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