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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 206, 期 2, 页码 249-256出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000889
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council [2016-06592]
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [154332]
- Canada Research Chair in Developmental Immunology
The thymus plays a crucial role in promoting T cell development by providing necessary signals for the survival and proliferation of thymocytes. Recent research focuses on the regulation of thymic epithelial cell function and the cellular and molecular changes associated with thymic involution and regeneration.
The thymus is an intricate primary lymphoid organ, wherein bone marrow-derived lymphoid progenitor cells are induced to develop into functionally competent T cells that express a diverse TCR repertoire, which is selected to allow for the recognition of foreign Ags while avoiding self-reactivity or autoimmunity. Thymus stromal cells, which can include all non-T lineage cells, such as thymic epithelial cells, endothelial cells, mesenchymal/fibroblast cells, dendritic cells, and B cells, provide signals that are essential for thymocyte development as well as for the homeostasis of the thymic stroma itself. In this brief review, we focus on the key roles played by thymic stromal cells during early stages of T cell development, such as promoting the homing of thymic-seeding progenitors, inducing T lineage differentiation, and supporting thymocyte survival and proliferation. We also discuss recent advances on the transcriptional regulation that govern thymic epithelial cell function as well as the cellular and molecular changes that are associated with thymic involution and regeneration.
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