Quantification of dendritic cell subsets in human thymus tissues of various ages

Abstract Background Dendritic cells (DCs) in the thymus are involved in central tolerance formation, but they also have other functions in the thymus, such as pathogen recognition. The density changes of human thymic DCs have been hardly investigated. In this study, human thymus samples of various a...

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Main Authors: Yan Li, Pei Chen, Hao Huang, Huiyu Feng, Hao Ran, Weibin Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:Immunity & Ageing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12979-021-00255-8