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Thymocyte Maturation

Thymocyte Maturation is a biological process in which immature T-cell precursors undergo progressive developmental, genetic, and phenotypic changes within the thymic microenvironment to acquire functional competence and immunological self-tolerance characteristic of mature T lymphocytes.

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Thymocyte Differentiation

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Changes in thymic function with age and during the treatment of HIV infection

Daniel C. Douek, Richard McFarland, Philip Keiser et al. · Nature · 1998 · 1.9K citations

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Discrete stages of human intrathymic differentiation: Analysis of normal thymocytes and leukemic lymphoblasts of T-cell lineage

Ellis L. Reinherz, Patrick C. Kung, Gideon Goldstein et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1980 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Early lymphocyte expansion is severely impaired in interleukin 7 receptor-deficient mice.

Jacques J. Peschon, Philip Morrissey, Kenneth H. Grabstein et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1994 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Mutations in T-cell antigen receptor genes α and β block thymocyte development at different stages

Peter Mombaerts, Alan R. Clarke, Michael A. Rudnicki et al. · Nature · 1992 · 1.1K citations

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Function of PI3Kγ in Thymocyte Development, T Cell Activation, and Neutrophil Migration

Takehiko Sasaki, Junko Irie-Sasaki, Russell G. Jones et al. · Science · 2000 · 1K citations

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    Eric J. Jenkinson

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    29 publications · 2.3K citations

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    Ken Shortman

    Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

    31 publications · 3.2K citations

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    H. Robson MacDonald

    Ludwig Cancer Research, Switzerland

    29 publications · 3.3K citations

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    Roland Scollay

    Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

    28 publications · 2K citations

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    Graham Anderson

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    24 publications · 1.7K citations

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    62 h-index

    304 publications

    46.9K citations

  2. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    53 h-index

    393 publications

    42.4K citations

  3. National Cancer Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    47 h-index

    255 publications

    20.4K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    45 h-index

    222 publications

    26.7K citations

  5. Inserm

    Paris, France

    41 h-index

    316 publications

    24.8K citations

  6. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

    Melbourne, Australia

    36 h-index

    181 publications

    19.5K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    35 h-index

    167 publications

    19.3K citations

  8. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, United States

    34 h-index

    195 publications

    18K citations

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  1. The Journal of Immunology

    JI · 429 publications · 25K citations

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  2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine

    161 publications · 18.9K citations

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  3. Blood

    99 publications · 9.8K citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 84 publications · 9.4K citations

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  5. Nature

    61 publications · 16.3K citations

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