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The thymus
Individuals with no thymus rapidly die from opportunistic infections due to total failure of the immune system. Experience in cases of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) known as AIDS clearly shows that the thymus gland and the thymus helper lymphocytes (T cells) dependent on it are destroyed in the course of the disease. This generally triggers a series of severe consequenti...
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The presence in the thymus of hemopoietic cells other than thymocytes has been known for many years, but the extent of the hemopoietic activity of the thymus and the possible functional implications have only recently begun to receive much attention. This review summarizes the literature in this field, especially in the light of current cytokine and thymic-factor knowledge, and includes clinica...
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Tumors of the anterior mediastinum include several entities with different radiological and clinical manifestations, constituting a heterogeneous group of congenital, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions. Among these lesions, the most common primary tumor of the mediastinum is thymoma, nearly followed by germ cell tumors and lymphomas. Tuberculosis of the thymus, an extremely rare condition,...
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INOCULATION OF THYMUS IN SITU. The thymus of C57BL/Ka mice, aged 24 hr or less, was exposed by the technic described by Miller for neonatal thymectomy (10). A very small volume, less than 0.01 m], of RLV was injected into the right thymic lobe, using a 30-gauge needle; it was impossible to avoid some leakage of the inoculated material. The opening in the chest wall was sutured, and the babies w...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591577006300729