| id | GO:0043029 Detailed information
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| name | T cell homeostasis
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| namespace | biological_process
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| 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 "Fundamental Immunology"]
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| 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.
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| synonym | "T lymphocyte homeostasis" EXACT []
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| synonym | "T-cell homeostasis" EXACT []
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| synonym | "T-lymphocyte homeostasis" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0002260 ! lymphocyte homeostasis
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