Efficient presentation of exogenous antigen by liver endothelial cells to CD8+ T cells results in antigen-specific T-cell tolerance

Limmer, Andreas, Ohl, Jutta, Kurts, Christian, Ljunggren, Hans-Gustaf, Reiss, Yuval, Groettrup, Marcus, Momburg, Frank, Arnold, Bernd +1 more·2000·Nature Medicine

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