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Recent thymic emigrants are distinct from most medullary thymocytes.
European journal of immunology - 1 Aug 1997
Gabor M J, Godfrey D I, Scollay R
Abstract excerpt
In the mouse thymus, newly formed single positive (SP) cells spend an average of 14 days in the thymic medulla. During this time, phenotypic and functional maturation occurs with down-regulation of CD69 and heat stable antigen (HSA), and up-regulation of Qa-2. Very little is known about the final steps that allow or direct these T cells to emigrate and join the recirculating peripheral T cell pool. Currently...
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