ArticleFrontiers in immunology2020
Assessment of Thymic Output Dynamics After
Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Immunosuppression after pediatric liver transplantation may lead to early and prolonged acute thymic involution: findings from a pilot longitudinal study.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Thymic microenvironment's impact on immunosenescence.Immunologic research · 2024Article
- Persistent coxsackievirus B infection and pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2022Review
- Thymus, undernutrition, and infection: Approaching cellular and molecular interactions.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Coxsackievirus B4 Transplacental Infection Severely Disturbs Central Tolerogenic Mechanisms in the Fetal Thymus.Microorganisms · 2021Article
- Effect of Coxsackievirus B4 Infection on the Thymus: Elucidating Its Role in the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes.Microorganisms · 2021Review
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Abstract
The thymus is the main organ of the lymphatic system, in which T cells undergo a rigorous selection to ensure that their receptors (TCRs) will be functional and will not react against the self. Genes encoding for TCR chains are fragmented and must be rearranged by a process of somatic recombination generating TCR rearrangement excision circles (TRECs). We recently documented coxsackievirus B4 (CV-B4) infection of Swiss albino mouse thymus in the course of
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