Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified ... the PTH gene in the parathyroid gland, also led to a downregulation of PTH serum levels in Gcm2-deficient mice. On the other hand, the infusion ...

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 ...

Now it appears that the thymus founds a line of cells that is responsible for the production of antibody Its function has been poorly understood, largely because the gland atrophies after childhood.