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ReviewThe Journal of experimental medicine2024

Generation and repair of thymic epithelial cells.

Graham Anderson, Emilie J Cosway, Kieran D James, Izumi Ohigashi, Yousuke Takahama

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Review in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Informed clinical decisions by outfoxing human FOXN1 variants.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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  8. Cocaine abuse and its impact on the thymus and spleen.Histology and histopathology · 2025
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  12. T Cell Development: From T-Lineage Specification to Intrathymic Maturation.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Graham AndersonInstitute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham , Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2917-4085
Emilie J CoswayInstitute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham , Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7207-2511
Kieran D JamesInstitute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham , Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8811-6996
Izumi OhigashiDivision of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0017-6957
Yousuke TakahamaThymus Biology Section, Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4992-9174

Funding

Thymus biologyZIABC011806 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI TAKAHAMA, YOUSUKE · 2018 to 2025
$13.5M
CCR NIH HHSIntramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011806Intramural Research Program ZIA BC 011806Japan Science and Technology Agency 22712940Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 120219928Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI 22K06900Medical Research Council MR/N000919/1Medical Research Council MR/T029765/1NCI NIH HHSNIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the vertebrate immune system, thymus stromal microenvironments support the generation of αβT cells from immature thymocytes. Thymic epithelial cells are of particular importance, and the generation of cortical and medullary epithelial lineages from progenitor stages controls the initiation and maintenance of thymus function. Here, we discuss the developmental pathways that regulate thymic epithelial cell diversity during both the embryonic and postnatal periods. We also examine how thymus microenvironments respond to injury, with particular focus on mechanisms that ensure regeneration of thymic epithelial cells for the restoration of thymus function.

Indexed as

Epithelial CellsThymus GlandAnimalsCell DifferentiationHumansRegenerationThymocytes

Identifiers

PMID38980292
PMCPMC11232892

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