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Developmental abnormalities of the thymus in hea/hea mutant mice.
Experimental animals - 1 Apr 2008
Kasahara Yuki, Shimizu Koji, Kuribayashi Koichi
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This study found that the thymus of hea/hea mutant mice (hea mice) became atrophic in early phase of life and that the differentiation of CD4-CD8- (Double Negative; DN) into CD4+CD8+ (Double Positive; DP) cells during the development of T cells in the thymus was abnormal. The thymus development of hea mice was different from that of normal littermates. After 6 days of age, the numbers of thymocytes in hea mice...
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