In thymic epithelial cells, the research team upregulated a transcription factor called Forkhead box N1 (FOXN1), which had previously been implicated in age-related thymus shrinkage. Consequently, the ...

The study’s authors identified a new axis in thymus regeneration, says Avinash Bhandoola, head of the T-Cell Biology and Development Unit at the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Cancer Research, ...