What is Peripheral Tolerance?

Peripheral Tolerance
Antigen-specific peptides can induce peripheral tolerance. The figure shows that the administration of peptides can induce peripheral T or B lymphocyte anergy if presented to antigen-presenting immune cells in the absence of a co-stimulatory signal. Review of Mouse Models of Graves ’ Disease and Orbitopathy — Novel Treatment by Induction of Tolerance: Immunology. Not altered. CC.

Peripheral tolerance is when self-reactive T cells in the periphery are deleted, suppressed, or rendered anergic.