A team of international researchers led by scientists at City of Hope have demonstrated a way to boost thymic function after ...

There is potential for Tregs and amphiregulin to be used in patients receiving cancer therapies to ameliorate immune function.

A team of international researchers led by scientists at City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, with its National Medical ...

Between the lungs and in front of the heart sits a small gland called the thymus that wields incredible power over human health by producing T cells, key components of our immune system.

The researchers were able to show that in the thymus gland of humans and mice not only the epithelial cells but also B cells express and present AQP4 to the T cell precursors. If the B cells were ...

Altogether, developing T cells migration, differentiation, maturation, proliferation, and survival are tightly regulated by a variety of hormones produced both locally and in other endocrine glands, ...

Background: The ability to distinguish between a normal thymus, thymic hyperplasia, and thymoma should aid in clinical management and decision making for patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). We ...