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Direct evidence for thymic function in adult humans.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 16 Aug 1999
Poulin J F, Viswanathan M N, Harris J M, Komanduri K V, Wieder E, Ringuette N, Jenkins M, McCune J M, Sékaly R P
Abstract excerpt
The understanding of human thymic function and evaluation of its contribution to T cell homeostasis are matters of great importance. Here we report the development of a novel assay to quantitate the frequency and diversity of recent thymic emigrants (RTEs) in the peripheral blood of humans. Such cells were defined by the presence of T cell receptor (TCR) rearrangement deletion circles (DCs), episomal byproducts...
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