Cutting edge: thymocyte-independent and thymocyte-dependent phases of epithelial patterning in the fetal thymus - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 2002 Sep 15;169(6):2842-5.

doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.6.2842.

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Comparative Study

Cutting edge: thymocyte-independent and thymocyte-dependent phases of epithelial patterning in the fetal thymus

David B Klug et al. J Immunol. 2002.

Abstract

Thymic epithelial cells (TECs) in adult mice have been classified into distinct subsets based on keratin expression profiles. To explore the emergence of TEC subsets during ontogeny, we analyzed keratin 8 and keratin 5 expression at several stages of fetal development in normal C57BL/6J mice. In addition, thymic epithelial development and compartmentalization were explored in recombination-activating gene 2/common cytokine receptor gamma-chain-deficient and Ikaros-null mice that sustain early and profound blocks in thymocyte differentiation. The results demonstrate that initial patterning of the thymic epithelial compartment as defined by differential keratin expression does not depend on inductive signals from hematopoietic cells. However, thymocyte-derived signals are required during late fetal stages for continued development and maintenance of TEC subsets in the neonate and adult.

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