Kotani M, Fukumoto T, Brandon M R
Cell Tissue Res. 1981;217(1):49-54. doi: 10.1007/BF00233825.
The dissolution of Hassall's corpuscles by macrophages has been demonstrated in the sheep thymus. The findings indicate that enlarged Hassall's corpuscles are rapidly broken down by macrophages at the end of gestation or immediately after birth and replaced by newly formed corpuscles, and that these cyclic changes in Hassall's corpuscles persist, under normal physiological conditions, throughout life.
巨噬细胞对哈氏小体的溶解作用已在绵羊胸腺中得到证实。研究结果表明，妊娠末期或出生后不久，增大的哈氏小体迅速被巨噬细胞分解，并被新形成的小体取代，而且在正常生理条件下，哈氏小体的这些周期性变化会持续一生。
