The thymic medulla: a unique microenvironment for intercellular self-antigen transfer

Thymus-homing peripheral dendritic cells constitute two of the three major subsets of dendritic cells in the steady-state thymus

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Regulatory T cell differentiation of thymocytes does not require a dedicated antigen-presenting cell but is under T cell-intrinsic developmental control

(2009) G. Wirnsberger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Endogenous presentation of a nuclear antigen on MHC class II by autophagy in the absence of CRM1-mediated nuclear export

(2008) Alexander Riedel et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Intercellular MHC transfer between thymic epithelial and dendritic cells

(2008) Virginie Millet et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Two Functional Subsets of FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells in Human Thymus and Periphery

(2008) Tomoki Ito et al.   IMMUNITY

Autoantigen-Specific Interactions with CD4+ Thymocytes Control Mature Medullary Thymic Epithelial Cell Cellularity

(2008) Magali Irla et al.   IMMUNITY

Clonal deletion of thymocytes can occur in the cortex with no involvement of the medulla

(2008) Tom M. McCaughtry et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Autophagy in thymic epithelium shapes the T-cell repertoire and is essential for tolerance

(2008) Jelena Nedjic et al.   NATURE

Foxp3+ regulatory T cells promiscuously accept thymic signals critical for their development

(2008) P. J. Spence et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA