activation-induced cell death of T cells

id: GO:0006924
name: activation-induced cell death of T cells
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A type of T cell apoptosis that occurs towards the end of the expansion phase following the initial activation of mature T cells by antigen and is triggered by T cell receptor stimulation and signals transmitted via various surface-expressed members of the TNF receptor family such as Fas ligand, Fas, and TNF and the p55 and p75 TNF receptors.

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