immune system
• positive selection of CD4+ T cells occurs at reduced levels
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• proportion of lymph node and splenic CD4+ cells is reduced to about 30-50% of that in control mice
• reduction of CD4+ cells in the thymus
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• CD4+ cells are unresponsive to their own antigen-presenting cells (APCs) but are hyperreactive to wild-type APCs
• CD4+ cells are 10- to 100-fold more responsive to H2-Ab than wild-type cells
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• antigen presenting cells (APCs) have defective protein and peptide presentation
• APCs fail to stimulate MHC allogeneic T cells
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hematopoietic system
• positive selection of CD4+ T cells occurs at reduced levels
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• proportion of lymph node and splenic CD4+ cells is reduced to about 30-50% of that in control mice
• reduction of CD4+ cells in the thymus
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• CD4+ cells are unresponsive to their own antigen-presenting cells (APCs) but are hyperreactive to wild-type APCs
• CD4+ cells are 10- to 100-fold more responsive to H2-Ab than wild-type cells
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