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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2018

Can a Proper T-Cell Development Occur in an Altered Thymic Epithelium? Lessons From EphB-Deficient Thymi.

Juan José Muñoz, Javier García-Ceca, Sara Montero-Herradón, Beatriz Sánchez Del Collado, David Alfaro, Agustín Zapata

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Thymus Ontogeny and Development.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  5. Recent Advancements in Regenerative Approaches for Thymus Rejuvenation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juan José MuñozCenter for Cytometry and Fluorescence Microscopy, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Javier García-CecaDepartment of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Sara Montero-HerradónDepartment of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Beatriz Sánchez Del ColladoDepartment of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
David AlfaroDepartment of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Agustín ZapataCenter for Cytometry and Fluorescence Microscopy, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For a long time, the effects of distinct Eph tyrosine kinase receptors and their ligands, ephrins on the structure, immunophenotype, and development of thymus and their main cell components, thymocytes (T) and thymic epithelial cells (TECs), have been studied. In recent years, the thymic phenotype of mutant mice deficient in several Ephs and ephrins B has been determined. Remarkably, thymic stroma in these animals exhibits important defects that appear early in ontogeny but little alterations in the proportions of distinct lymphoid cell populations. In the present manuscript, we summarize and extend these results discussing possible mechanisms governing phenotypical and functional thymocyte maturation in an absence of the critical T-TEC interactions, concluding that some signaling mediated by key molecules, such as MHCII, CD80, β5t, Aire, etc. could be sufficient to enable a proper maturation of thymocytes, independently of morphological alterations affecting thymic epithelium.

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Ephephrinsthymic epithelial cellsthymocytesthymus

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PMID29666605
PMCPMC5891583
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