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TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY
卷 34, 期 10, 页码 502-510出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2013.06.004
关键词
thymus; infection; T cell repertoire; antimicrobial response; thymic microenvironment
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- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) [PTDC/SAU-MII/101663/2008]
- National Institutes of Health [R01 R56 AI067731]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/SAU-MII/101663/2008] Funding Source: FCT
The thymus is required for T cell differentiation; a process that depends on which antigens are encountered by thymocytes, the environment surrounding the differentiating cells, and the thymic architecture. These features are altered by local infection of the thymus and by the inflammatory mediators that accompany systemic infection. Although once believed to be an immune privileged site, it is now known that antimicrobial responses are recruited to the thymus. Resolving infection in the thymus is important because chronic persistence of microbes impairs the differentiation of pathogen-specific T cells and diminishes resistance to infection. Understanding how these mechanisms contribute to disease susceptibility, particularly in infants with developing T cell repertoires, requires further investigation.
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