Scientists have visualized how the body uses to tests out important defensive cells and captured the process on video. The body uses immune T-cells to act as the first ... and Ehrlich used a mouse ...

Figure 1: A model of the early stages of T-cell development in the thymus. Figure 2: A model of the transitional stages that are associated with β-selection.

French researchers have used a protein called receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) to revive the structure and function of the thymus ... cells, which are important for T cell development.

The thymus is one of the most important organs you probably don’t think about. Positioned below the breastbone at the top of the chest, it facilitates the adaptive immune response by producing T ...

The Greeks believed your thymus ... development during childhood, a thymectomy during childhood (before puberty) can also lead to issues. When this happens, people may have lower T cell numbers ...

This study — conducted in a mouse model — also showed that ... suggests that vitamin D could influence T cell development in the thymus in early life to influence T cell tolerance.

The reprogrammed cells changed shape to look like thymus cells and were also capable of supporting development of T cells in the lab ... transplanted them into a mouse, the cells formed a ...

T cell activation, a process requiring three “signals,” is required for optimal anti-tumor immunity. T cells, immune cells generated in the thymus, have a programmed affinity for a specific particle ...

They play a key role during the development of the body's ... role in its performance," he said. "We didn't expect M cells to even show up in the thymus. This is, therefore, a satisfying discovery ...