The role of the thymus in the immune response

P Thapa, DL Farber - Thoracic surgery clinics, 2019 - thoracic.theclinics.com
The thymus is an organ that is critically important to the immune system, which serves as the
body's defense mechanism, providing surveillance and protection against diverse …

Organ‐on‐a‐chip for cancer and immune organs modeling

W Sun, Z Luo, J Lee, HJ Kim, KJ Lee… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bridging the gap between findings in preclinical 2D cell culture models and in vivo tissue
cultures has been challenging; the simple microenvironment of 2D monolayer culture …

Noncoding regions are the main source of targetable tumor-specific antigens

CM Laumont, K Vincent, L Hesnard… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Tumor-specific antigens (TSAs) represent ideal targets for cancer immunotherapy, but few
have been identified thus far. We therefore developed a proteogenomic approach to enable …

Single-cell map** of the thymic stroma identifies IL-25-producing tuft epithelial cells

C Bornstein, S Nevo, A Giladi, N Kadouri, M Pouzolles… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
T cell development and selection are coordinated in the thymus by a specialized niche of
diverse stromal populations,–. Although much progress has been made over the years in …

Thymic tuft cells promote an IL-4-enriched medulla and shape thymocyte development

CN Miller, I Proekt, J von Moltke, KL Wells… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The thymus is responsible for generating a diverse yet self-tolerant pool of T cells. Although
the thymic medulla consists mostly of develo** and mature AIRE+ epithelial cells, recent …

Thymic epithelial cell heterogeneity: TEC by TEC

N Kadouri, S Nevo, Y Goldfarb… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The generation of a functional T cell repertoire in the thymus is mainly orchestrated by
thymic epithelial cells (TECs), which provide develo** T cells with cues for their …

Developmental dynamics of two bipotent thymic epithelial progenitor types

A Nusser, Sagar, JB Swann, B Krauth, D Diekhoff… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
T cell development in the thymus is essential for cellular immunity and depends on the
organotypic thymic epithelial microenvironment. In comparison with other organs, the size …

De novo construction of T cell compartment in humanized mice engrafted with iPSC-derived thymus organoids

A Zeleniak, C Wiegand, W Liu, C McCormick, RK… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Hematopoietic humanized (hu) mice are powerful tools for modeling the action of human
immune system and are widely used for preclinical studies and drug discovery. However …

A single-cell transcriptomic atlas of thymus organogenesis resolves cell types and developmental maturation

EM Kernfeld, RMJ Genga, K Neherin, ME Magaletta… - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
Thymus development is critical to the adaptive immune system, yet a comprehensive
transcriptional framework capturing thymus organogenesis at single-cell resolution is still …

A circulating subset of iNKT cells mediates antitumor and antiviral immunity

G Cui, A Shimba, J **, T Ogawa, Y Muramoto… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a group of innate-like T lymphocytes that recognize
lipid antigens. They are supposed to be tissue resident and important for systemic and local …