Surh Charles D, Sprent Jonathan
Department of Immunology, IMM26, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Microbes Infect. 2002 Jan;4(1):51-6. doi: 10.1016/s1286-4579(01)01509-x.
Recent work has confirmed the existence of homeostatic mechanisms that regulate the overall size and composition of the mature T-cell pool. Homeostatic mechanisms not only control total T-cell numbers but appear to act differently on naïve vs. memory cells. The roles of self-MHC/peptide ligands and certain cytokines in T-cell homeostasis are discussed.