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Kinetics of Thymocyte Regeneration in Adult Adriamycin Treated Rats: Evidence for a Bone Marrow Derived Prothymocyte Precursor

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Histophysiology of the Immune System

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 237))

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The thymus is the central organ for T lymphocyte maturation in which prothymocytes undergo rearrangement of T cell receptor genes, acquire function associated antigens and become “educated ” to respond to foreign antigens in a self MHC class I or class II restricted manner.

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  1. Department of Histology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    Malgorzata B. Murawska, Adrian M. Duijvestijn, Jaap Kampinga, Auk S. Wubbena & Paul Nieuwenhuis

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Murawska, M.B., Duijvestijn, A.M., Kampinga, J., Wubbena, A.S., Nieuwenhuis, P. (1988). Kinetics of Thymocyte Regeneration in Adult Adriamycin Treated Rats: Evidence for a Bone Marrow Derived Prothymocyte Precursor. In: Fossum, S., Rolstad, B. (eds) Histophysiology of the Immune System. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 237. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5535-9_47

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