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The human thymus contains a novel population of B lymphocytes
P G Isaacson1, A J Norton, B J Addis
1Department of Histopathology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London.
Lancet (London, England)
|December 26, 1987
Abstract:
A study of thymus glands from fetuses, newborn babies, children, and adults has shown a prominent intramedullary B-cell population. These cells have a distinctive phenotype, show evidence of activation, and specifically cluster around Hassall's corpuscles. The thymus can no longer be regarded as an organ exclusively concerned with T-cell function.