Possible trigger for autoimmune diseases discovered: B cells teach T cells which targets must not be attacked
In children and adolescents, the thymus gland functions as a "school for T ... If the B cells were prevented from doing so in ...
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Tumour of the Thymus in Magnesium-deficient Rats
Animals dying later showed extensive ... replacement of the normal architecture of the gland by sheets of large lymphoid cells. Another abnormal thymus was found at autopsy at the end of the ...
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From parathyroid to thymus, via glial cells
Deletion of the ‘glial cells missing-2’ gene in mice disrupts development of the parathyroid glands but does not ... Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified as a secondary source of ...
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'World-first' heart-thymus transplant success for Easton
The thymus gland helps the development of T-cells, which fight foreign substances in the body. It teaches these immune cells what is "self" and what isn't, and therefore what can be attacked.