Obesity accelerates thymic aging

Reduction of T cell-derived ghrelin enhances proinflammatory cytokine expression: implications for age-associated increases in inflammation

(2009) V. D. Dixit et al.   BLOOD

Inhibition of Thymic Adipogenesis by Caloric Restriction Is Coupled with Reduction in Age-Related Thymic Involution

(2009) H. Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Axin expression in thymic stromal cells contributes to an age-related increase in thymic adiposity and is associated with reduced thymopoiesis independently of ghrelin signaling

(2009) Hyunwon Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Selective impairment in dendritic cell function and altered antigen-specific CD8+T-cell responses in diet-induced obese mice infected with influenza virus

(2008) Alexia G. Smith et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Deficient Ghrelin Receptor-mediated Signaling Compromises Thymic Stromal Cell Microenvironment by Accelerating Thymic Adiposity

(2008) Yun-Hee Youm et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Adipose-immune interactions during obesity and caloric restriction: reciprocal mechanisms regulating immunity and health span

(2008) Vishwa Deep Dixit   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY