[HTML][HTML] A spatial human thymus cell atlas mapped to a continuous tissue axis

N Yayon, VR Kedlian, L Boehme, C Suo, BT Wachter… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
T cells develop from circulating precursor cells, which enter the thymus and migrate through
specialized subcompartments that support their maturation and selection. In humans, this …

Rediscovering the human thymus through cutting-edge technologies

F Pala, LD Notarangelo, M Bosticardo - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
Recent technological advances have transformed our understanding of the human thymus.
Innovations such as high-resolution imaging, single-cell omics, and organoid cultures …

[HTML][HTML] Rebuilding and rebooting immunity with stem cells

LN Stankiewicz, FMV Rossi, PW Zandstra - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Advances in modern medicine have enabled a rapid increase in lifespan and, consequently,
have highlighted the immune system as a key driver of age-related disease. Immune …

Immune dynamics throughout life in relation to sex hormones and perspectives gained from gender-affirming hormone therapy

A Yalcinkaya, R Yalcinkaya, F Sardh… - Frontiers in …, 2025 - frontiersin.org
Biological sex is closely associated with the properties and extent of the immune response,
with males and females showing different susceptibilities to diseases and variations in …

The Proteostasis of Thymic Stromal Cells in Health and Diseases

T Liu, S **a - The Protein Journal, 2024 - Springer
The thymus is the key immune organ for the development of T cells. Different populations of
thymic stromal cells interact with T cells, thereby controlling the dynamic development of T …

Thymic selection of the T cell receptor repertoire is biased toward autoimmunity in females

H Vantomme, V Quiniou, L Adda, C Jouannet… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Women represent about 80% of patients with autoimmune diseases. This may partly result
from sex-based differences in T cell receptor (TCR) selection during thymocyte …

[PDF][PDF] A pipeline for discovery-based research on human T cell development: integrating spatial omics and PSC-T cell platforms

L Stankiewicz - 2024 - open.library.ubc.ca
T cells play a critical role in adaptive immunity by recognizing self, versus non-self antigens,
effectively protecting against pathogens and damaged or cancerous body cells. The …