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ArticleEuropean journal of immunology2025

Neural Crest-Derived Mesenchymal Cells Support Thymic Reconstitution After Lethal Irradiation.

Doris Narki Tetteh, Kana Isono, Mari Hikosaka-Kuniishi, Hidetoshi Yamazaki

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Article in European journal of immunology, 2025. 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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Doris Narki TettehDepartment of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
Kana IsonoDepartment of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
Mari Hikosaka-KuniishiDepartment of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
Hidetoshi YamazakiDepartment of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (no. 22K09901)
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Abstract

Reconstitution of the thymus is essential for assessing thymic function following injury. However, the currently employed cytoreductive regimes unvaryingly affect the thymic microenvironment, thereby impeding the recovery of T lymphopoiesis. The thymic stroma is composed of epithelial and mesenchymal cells. Thymic mesenchymal cells originate from the Neural crest (NC) and mesoderm and contribute to thymus organogenesis, yet their role in thymic regeneration is unclear. In this study, using transgenic mice expressing NC-specific Cre and Cre-driven DT receptors, we investigated the role of NC-derived mesenchymal cells in thymic regeneration following total body irradiation. We revealed that NC-derived mesenchymal cells have reduced susceptibility to irradiation and induce the upregulation of hematopoietic factors that promote thymus regeneration after irradiation. Additionally, using adult thymic organ culture and renal capsule transplantation, depletion of NC-derived mesenchymal cells resulted in a reduction of DN1-like early T-cell progenitors (ETP) and impaired thymic regeneration. Furthermore, among the numerous factors upregulated by NC-derived mesenchymal cells, Periostin and Flt3L were markedly increased after irradiation and promoted abundance of DN1-like ETPs during thymic reconstitution. Collectively, these findings highlight the importance of NC-derived mesenchymal cells in thymic regeneration.

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Mesenchymal Stem CellsNeural CrestRegenerationThymus GlandAnimalsLymphopoiesisMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicT-LymphocytesWhole-Body Irradiationearly T‐cell progenitorsirradiationneural crest‐derived mesenchymal cellsthymic regenerationtransplantation

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