Development of endocrine and lymphocytopoietic functions of the thymus in human embryogenesis |
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| Authors: | Z. S. Khlystova I. I. Kalinina S. P. Shmeleva O. P. Ryabchikov |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory of Embryonal Histogenesis, Institute of Human Morphology, Moscow |
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| Abstract: | The endocrine function of the thymus develops earlier than lymphocytopoietic. Thymalin is produced by epithelial cells in the thymus primordium. It is released into the blood and regulates differentiation of T lymphocytes in the liver, the initial hemopoietic organ. The hormonal and lymphopoietic functions of human thymus are united on weeks 7.5–8 of embryonic life. Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 130, No. 10, pp. 453–456, October, 2000 |
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| Keywords: | thymus liver human fetus thymaline |
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