Thymus Gland

"Thymus Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A single, unpaired primary lymphoid organ situated in the MEDIASTINUM, extending superiorly into the neck to the lower edge of the THYROID GLAND and inferiorly to the fourth costal cartilage. It is necessary for normal development of immunologic function early in life. By puberty, it begins to involute and much of the tissue is replaced by fat.

Descriptor ID	D013950
MeSH Number(s)	A10.549.750 A15.382.520.604.750
Concept/Terms	Thymus Gland Thymus Gland Gland, Thymus Glands, Thymus Thymus Glands Thymus

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Anatomy [A]
Tissues [A10]
Lymphoid Tissue [A10.549]
Thymus Gland [A10.549.750]
Hemic and Immune Systems [A15]
Immune System [A15.382]
Lymphatic System [A15.382.520]
Lymphoid Tissue [A15.382.520.604]
Thymus Gland [A15.382.520.604.750]

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Bar chart showing 53 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2000 and 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1998	1	1	2
1999	0	1	1
2000	3	3	6
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	1	2
2003	2	2	4
2004	3	1	4
2005	1	2	3
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	2	1	3
2010	2	2	4
2011	3	3	6
2013	1	0	1
2015	2	0	2
2018	2	0	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	2	0	2
2022	0	2	2
2023	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1

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Perez C, Plaza-Rojas L, Boucher JC, Nagy MZ, Kostenko E, Prajapati K, Burke B, Reyes MD, Austin AL, Zhang S, Le PT, Guevara-Patino JA. NKG2D receptor signaling shapes T cell thymic education. J Leukoc Biol. 2024 01 19; 115(2):306-321.

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Givony T, Leshkowitz D, Del Castillo D, Nevo S, Kadouri N, Dassa B, Gruper Y, Khalaila R, Ben-Nun O, Gome T, Dobe? J, Ben-Dor S, Kedmi M, Keren-Shaul H, Heffner-Krausz R, Porat Z, Golani O, Addadi Y, Brenner O, Lo DD, Goldfarb Y, Abramson J. Thymic mimetic cells function beyond self-tolerance. Nature. 2023 10; 622(7981):164-172.

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Crockett AM, Kebir H, Benallegue N, Adelman P, Gur RE, Sullivan K, Anderson SA, Alvarez JI. Immune status of the murine 22q11.2 deletion syndrome model. Eur J Immunol. 2023 01; 53(1):e2249840.

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Chakrabarti S, Hoque M, Jamil NZ, Singh VJ, Pollacksmith D, Meer N, Pezzano MT. Bone Marrow-Derived Cells Contribute to the Maintenance of Thymic Stroma including TECs. J Immunol Res. 2022; 2022:6061746.

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Wells KL, Miller CN, Gschwind AR, Wei W, Phipps JD, Anderson MS, Steinmetz LM. Combined transient ablation and single-cell RNA-sequencing reveals the development of medullary thymic epithelial cells. Elife. 2020 11 23; 9.

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Dou Y, Schindewolf E, Crowley TB, McGinn DM, Moldenhauer JS, Coleman B, Oliver ER, Sullivan KE. The Association of Fetal Thymus Size with Subsequent T Cell Counts in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. J Clin Immunol. 2020 07; 40(5):783-785.

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Sullivan KE. Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and DiGeorge syndrome. Immunol Rev. 2019 01; 287(1):186-201.

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Miller CN, Proekt I, von Moltke J, Wells KL, Rajpurkar AR, Wang H, Rattay K, Khan IS, Metzger TC, Pollack JL, Fries AC, Lwin WW, Wigton EJ, Parent AV, Kyewski B, Erle DJ, Hogquist KA, Steinmetz LM, Locksley RM, Anderson MS. Thymic tuft cells promote an IL-4-enriched medulla and shape thymocyte development. Nature. 2018 07; 559(7715):627-631.

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Fishbein KW, Makrogiannis SK, Lukas VA, Okine M, Ramachandran R, Ferrucci L, Egan JM, Chia CW, Spencer RG. Measurement of fat fraction in the human thymus by localized NMR and three-point Dixon MRI techniques. Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 07; 50:110-118.

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Kucerov?-Levisohn M, Knirr S, Mejia RI, Ortiz BD. The 3'-Ja Region of the TCRa Locus Bears Gene Regulatory Activity in Thymic and Peripheral T Cells. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0132856.

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