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Self Tolerance

"Self Tolerance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The normal lack of the ability to produce an immunological response to autologous (self) antigens. A breakdown of self tolerance leads to autoimmune diseases. The ability to recognize the difference between self and non-self is the prime function of the immune system.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Self Tolerance" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Self Tolerance" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 80 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2006 and 2007
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