Lymphocyte differentiation and allograft reactivity. Experimental studies on the origin of thymic lymphocytes

Volpe, E.P.; Turpen, J.B.

Transplantation Proceedings 9(1): 785-788

1977


ISSN/ISBN: 0041-1345
PMID: 867506
Document Number: 120994
The generalization that the developing vertebrate thymus is colonized by circulating stem cells that originate in the yolk sac blood islands is questionable. The view that the yolk sac is the primary source of thymic lymphocytes is based largely on inferences drawn from experimental protocols that are highly artificial.

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