Direct Evidence for Thymic Function in Adult Humans

The understanding of human thymic function and evaluation of its contribution to T cell homeostasis are matters of great importance. Here we report the development of a novel assay to quantitate the frequency and diversity of recent thymic emigrants (RTEs) in the peripheral blood of humans. Such cel...

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Main Authors: Poulin, Jean-François, Viswanathan, Mohan N., Harris, Jeffrey M., Komanduri, Krishna V., Wieder, Eric, Ringuette, Nancy, Jenkins, Morgan, McCune, Joseph M., Sékaly, Rafick-Pierre
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1999
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2195604/