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Thymus Gland
Known as:
Thymus
, Chest>Thymus gland
, Thymus Glands
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A bi-lobed organ surrounded by a connective tissue capsule. It is located in the upper anterior portion of the chest, behind the sternum. It is…
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Acute Thymic Involution
Benign neoplasm of thymus
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology
DLEU1 Protein
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Broader (3)
Anterior mediastinum
Corticomedullary organ
Lymphoid Tissue
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
BH3-only Bcl-2 family member Bim is required for apoptosis of autoreactive thymocytes
P. Bouillet
,
J. F. Purton
,
+7 authors
A. Strasser
Nature
2002
Corpus ID: 1404636
During lymphocyte development, the assembly of genes coding for antigen receptors occurs by the combinatorial linking of gene…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Screening of some Palestinian medicinal plants for antibacterial activity.
T. Essawi
,
M. Srour
Journal of ethnopharmacology
2000
Corpus ID: 42520082
Review
1998
Review
1998
CD40 and CD154 in cell-mediated immunity.
I. Grewal
,
R. Flavell
Annual review of immunology
1998
Corpus ID: 38450010
CD40-CD154-mediated contact-dependent signals between B and T cells are required for the generation of thymus dependent (TD…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Hox group 3 paralogs regulate the development and migration of the thymus, thyroid, and parathyroid glands.
N. Manley
,
M. Capecchi
Developmental biology
1998
Corpus ID: 3106421
The thymus, thyroid, and parathyroid glands in vertebrates develop from the pharyngeal region, with contributions both from…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
CD1d1 mutant mice are deficient in natural T cells that promptly produce IL-4.
S. K. Mendiratta
,
W. Martin
,
S. Hong
,
A. Boesteanu
,
S. Joyce
,
L. Van Kaer
Immunity
1997
Corpus ID: 34004900
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Augmented humoral and anaphylactic responses in FcγRII-deficient mice
T. Takai
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M. Ono
,
M. Hikida
,
H. Ohmori
,
J. Ravetch
Nature
1996
Corpus ID: 4364705
DESPITE its widespread distribution on both lymphoid and myeloid cells, the biological role of the low-affinity immuno-globulin-G…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The immune responses in CD40-deficient mice: impaired immunoglobulin class switching and germinal center formation.
T. Kawabe
,
T. Naka
,
+6 authors
H. Kikutani
Immunity
1994
Corpus ID: 8819284
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Dependence of thymus development on derivatives of the neural crest.
D. Bockman
,
M. Kirby
Science
1984
Corpus ID: 31399635
Elimination of limited areas of the cephalic neural crest in stage 9 or 10 chick embryos markedly reduced the size of the thymus…
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Review
1976
Review
1976
Precursor cells of mechanocytes.
A. Friedenstein
International review of cytology
1976
Corpus ID: 34691390
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE THYMUS SYSTEM AND THE BURSA SYSTEM IN THE CHICKEN
M. Cooper
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R. A. Peterson
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M. South
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R. Good
The Journal of experimental medicine
1966
Corpus ID: 487060
The bursa of Fabricius and the thymus are "central lymphoid organs" in the chicken, essential to the ontogenetic development of…
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