Biological process

activation-induced cell death of T lymphocytes, activation-induced cell death of T-cells, activation-induced cell death of T-lymphocytes

A T cell apoptotic process that occurs towards the end of the expansion phase following the initial activation of mature T cells by antigen and is triggered by T cell receptor stimulation and signals transmitted via various surface-expressed members of the TNF receptor family such as Fas ligand, Fas, and TNF and the p55 and p75 TNF receptors.