In search of the origin of the thymus: The thymus and GALT may be evolutionarily related

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Matsunaga, T ^a   Rahman, A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FISH; GILL; HUMAN; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; INVERTEBRATE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BRANCHIAL REGION; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONAL DELETION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EVOLUTION; FISHES; GILLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0035150894     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2001.00854.x     Document Type: Review

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