Term Name: tolerance induction
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Definition: A process that directly activates any of the steps required for tolerance, a physiologic state in which the immune system does not react destructively against the components of an organism that harbors it or against antigens that are introduced to it.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0002507]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: immune system development
is a type of: immune system process
has subtype: B cell tolerance induction central tolerance induction lymphocyte anergy macrophage tolerance induction natural killer cell tolerance induction T cell tolerance induction tolerance induction dependent upon immune response tolerance induction to lipopolysaccharide tolerance induction to self antigen
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of tolerance induction
positively regulated by: positive regulation of tolerance induction
regulated by: regulation of tolerance induction