Category:GO:0043029 ! T cell homeostasis

name: T cell homeostasis
namespace: biological_process
def: "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." [GOC:mgi_curators, ISBN:0781735149]
comment: 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.
synonym: "T lymphocyte homeostasis" EXACT []
synonym: "T-cell homeostasis" EXACT []
synonym: "T-lymphocyte homeostasis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0002260 ! lymphocyte homeostasis

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0043029</GOterm>
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