Details:
A T cell apoptotic process 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. [GOC:add, GOC:mtg_apoptosis, ISBN:0781765196, PMID:12414721, PMID:12752672]