Thymus cortex (rat, young adult)

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Title Thymus cortex (rat, young adult)
Creator Poels, Lambert G.
Contributor Lambert G. Poels, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen; Paul H. K. Jap, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen
Date 2010-06-11
Subject epithelioreticular cell II ; desmosome; MHC-II expression; lymphoid tissue
Description Electron microscopy. Two epithelioreticular cells type II or TEC2 (1) show the characteristic vacuoles (*) partly filled with granules (thymulin, lymphokines). At (--><--) small desmosomes. Apart from the mitochondria electron-dense lysosomal structures are present as well as tonofilaments (1, keratins). These TEC2 display strong MHC-II expression and are thus involved in CD4-interaction and selection of T cells.
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Rights https://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/
Collection Poja Histology Collection - Lymphatic Tissues and Organs Subset
ARK ark:/87278/s6t1860t
Setname ehsl_heal
ID 890946
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t1860t
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