Thymus Alterations Related to Intra-Venous Drug Abuse or Early HIV Infection

Autor: P. Grenot, M. Raphael, P. Debre, B. Aupran, C. Padonou, M. Durigon, F. Paraire
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Acta Medicinæ Legalis Vol. XLIV 1994 ISBN: 9783540588474
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-79523-7_158
Popis: The thymus is the primary lymphoid organ for differentiation of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphoid T celles. Bone marrow T cell precursors colonize the cortex where they differentiate into immature CD1+CD4+CD8+ and CD3+ T celles representing 80% of thymocytes, then migrate to the medulla where they loss CD1 and either CD4 or CD8 expression, and definitively leave the thymus as mature CD3+CD4+ or CD3+CD8+ lymphocytes for peripheral compartment.
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