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Nasopharyngeal Tonsils (Adenoids) Contain Extrathymic Corticothymocytes

Adenoidal tissue (also known as nasopharyngeal tonsils) of 58% of humans in the pediatric age group contains immature T-lymphoid cells with the phenotype of thymocytes (TdT+,CD1abc+, cytoplasmic CD3+, coexpressing CD4 and CD8, lacking an Intraepithelial Lymphocyte-associated phenotype). The notable...

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Autores principales: Buscone, Serena, Garavello, Werner, Pagni, Fabio, Gaini, Renato Maria, Cattoretti, Giorgio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4032319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24858437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098222