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Thymic epithelial cell heterogeneity: TEC by TEC.
Nature reviews. Immunology - 1 Apr 2020
Kadouri Noam, Nevo Shir, Goldfarb Yael, Abramson Jakub
Abstract excerpt
The generation of a functional T cell repertoire in the thymus is mainly orchestrated by thymic epithelial cells (TECs), which provide developing T cells with cues for their navigation, proliferation, differentiation and survival. The TEC compartment has been segregated historically into two major populations of medullary TECs and cortical TECs, which differ in their anatomical localization, molecular...
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