| GO term: | T cell homeostasis |
| Synonym: | T-cell homeostasis |
| Synonym: | T lymphocyte homeostasis |
| Synonym: | T-lymphocyte homeostasis |
| GO id: | GO:0043029 |
| Definition: | The process of regulating the proliferation and elimination of T cells such that the total number of T cells within a whole or part of an organism is stable over time in the absence of an outside stimulus. |
| Comments | Note that this term represents the return of T cell levels to stable numbers following an immune response as well as the proliferation and elimination of T cells required to maintain stable numbers in the absence of an outside stimulus. |
| Number of paths to term: | 2 |
denotes an 'is-a' relationship
denotes a 'part-of' relationship
denotes a 'regulates' relationship
denotes a 'positively-regulates' relationship
denotes a 'negatively-regulates' relationship
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc |
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