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Mechanism of immune tolerance; central immune tolerance (A) and peripheral immune tolerance (B). Central immune tolerance involves “negative selection” in the thymus. Peripheral immune tolerance is mediated by regulatory T cells (Treg) (B①), anergy (or exhaustion) (B②), and AICD (clonal deletion) (B③).
