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To T or not to T: reassessing the common lymphoid progenitor

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Common lymphoid progenitor cells are the earliest lymphoid progenitor cells assumed to give rise to B and T lineages. The identification of a novel early T lineage progenitor now challenges this model.

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Figure 1: Current and proposed models of hematopoietic development in the bone marrow.

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Montecino-Rodriguez, E., Dorshkind, K. To T or not to T: reassessing the common lymphoid progenitor. Nat Immunol 4, 100–101 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0203-100

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