Between the lungs and in front of the heart sits a small gland called the thymus that wields incredible power over human health by producing T cells, key components of our immune system.

“Our discovery—the regulatory T cell recirculation back to the thymus—promotes repair through ... a novel pathway to regeneration in the gland,” said lead author Andri Lemarquis, MD ...

Here are 5 of them: Breastfed babies tend to have larger thymus glands than formula fed babies. Or, formula fed babies tend to have smaller thymus glands. The thymus gland is the central organ of the ...

The thymus gland is a central lymphoid organ in which developing T cell precursors, known as thymocytes, undergo differentiation into distinct type of mature T cells, ultimately migrating to the ...

Recent evidence suggests that ANS is one of the key neural pathways for acupuncture signal transduction ... the immune system by innervating immune organs such as the spleen, thymus, and lymph nodes ...

T cells with a specific TCR are generated in the thymus through a series of processes, ranging from random rearrangement of TCR gene segments to selection processes that entail apoptosis of ...

This is first observed in the thymus, the primary lymphoid organ that generates and selects T cells. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underpinning these ageing processes remain unclear.