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ArticleInternational immunology2024

Synchronized development of thymic eosinophils and thymocytes.

Ayami Ota, Takahiro Iguchi, Sachiko Nitta, Ryunosuke Muro, Nanami Mino, Masayuki Tsukasaki, Josef M Penninger, Takeshi Nitta, Hiroshi Takayanagi

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Article in International immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ayami OtaDepartment of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Takahiro IguchiDepartment of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Sachiko NittaDepartment of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Ryunosuke MuroDepartment of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Nanami MinoDepartment of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Masayuki TsukasakiDepartment of Osteoimmunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Josef M PenningerInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8194-3777
Takeshi NittaDepartment of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2384-3062
Hiroshi TakayanagiDepartment of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development 23gm1210008Japan Society for Promotion of Science KAKENHI 19H03485, 19H04802, 21H05046, 21K18254, 22H02886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The thymus is an organ required for T cell development and is also an eosinophil-rich organ; however, the nature and function of thymic eosinophils remain unclear. Here, we characterized the gene expression and differentiation mechanism of thymic eosinophils in mice. Thymic eosinophils showed a distinct gene expression profile compared with other organ-resident eosinophils. The number of thymic eosinophils was controlled by medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs). In Rag-deficient mice, the unique gene expression signature of thymic eosinophils was lost but restored by pre-T cell receptor signalling, which induces CD4+ CD8+ thymocyte differentiation, indicating that T cell differentiation beyond the CD4- CD8- stage is necessary and sufficient for the induction of thymic eosinophils. These results demonstrate that thymic eosinophils are quantitatively and qualitatively regulated by mTECs and developing thymocytes, respectively, suggesting that thymic eosinophils are a distinct, thymus-specific cell subset, induced by interactions with thymic cells.

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Cell DifferentiationEosinophilsMice, Inbred C57BLThymocytesThymus GlandAnimalsEpithelial CellsMiceMice, Knockoutdouble-positive thymocytesmedullary thymic epithelial cellsthymustranscriptome

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PMID38916145
PMCPMC11562637

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