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Reading the Ts and DCs of thymopoiesis

Dendritic-cell-biased thymic seeding progenitors provide stromal support for early T cell development through the expression of membrane-bound TNF.

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Fig. 1: Two models of intrathymic differentiation of DC from TSPs.

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Collin, M. Reading the Ts and DCs of thymopoiesis. Nat Immunol 24, 385–386 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-023-01439-8

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