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An organ in the front of the chest under the sternum concerned with the production of functional T lymphocytes in infancy and childhood.
출처: cll.ucsd.edu/glossaryt.htm
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Located anterior to and above heart, it consists of two flattened symmetrical lobes. At birth, average weight of thymus is thirteen grams. Growth is rapid for two years, then slow, obtaining weight of about thirty grams at puberty, after which it begins to atrophy and thymic tissue is replaced with fat and connective tissue. It is important in development of immune response in newborn and is essential to maturation of T cells, thymic lymphoid cells. ...
출처: miriams-well.org/Glossary/
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The thymus gland is the primary organ involved in lymphocyte (T-cell) differentiation. It is also an endocrine organ that produces thymulin, a hormone also involved in lymphocyte differentiation.
출처: www.hairlossremedy.org/Hair_loss_glossary.htm
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An organ at the base of the neck which plays an important role in immune system responses. It produces T-cells which are crucial in identifying self and non-self antigens. Also see Antigens and T-Cells
출처: www.biobasics.gc.ca/english/View.asp
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G. thymos = thyme; also soul, vital force; lymphocyte-producing organ in thoracic mediastinum; sweetbread (origin is obscure: possibly resembling the buds of the thyme herb; or close to the heart, the seat of the soul).
출처: cellbiology.med.unsw.edu.au/units/glossary/histolo...
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