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Conventional and Computational Flow Cytometry Analyses Reveal Sustained Human Intrathymic T Cell Development From Birth Until Puberty.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Lavaert Marieke, Valcke Brecht, Vandekerckhove Bart, Leclercq Georges, Liang Kai Ling, Taghon Tom
Abstract excerpt
The thymus is the organ where subsets of mature T cells are generated which subsequently egress to function as central mediators in the immune system. While continuously generating T cells even into adulthood, the thymus does undergo involution during life. This is characterized by an initial rapid decrease in thymic cellularity during early life and by a second age-dependent decline in adulthood. The thymic...
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