Rieker T, Penninger J, Romani N, Wick G
Institute for General and Experimental Pathology, Medical School, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Dev Comp Immunol. 1995 Jul-Aug;19(4):281-9. doi: 10.1016/0145-305x(95)00008-h.
Thymic nurse cells are multicellular complexes located in the subcortical area of the thymus of all avian, mammalian and amphibian species investigated so far. Since their first description in 1980 many studies have been carried out to characterize their morphological and functional properties. The purpose of this review is to summarize recent morphological as well a functional analyses of chicken thymic nurse cells which suggest a role of these cell complexes in T cell selection.
胸腺哺育细胞是一种多细胞复合体,存在于迄今所研究的所有鸟类、哺乳动物和两栖动物物种胸腺的皮质下区域。自1980年首次被描述以来,人们开展了许多研究来表征其形态和功能特性。这篇综述的目的是总结近期对鸡胸腺哺育细胞的形态学和功能分析,这些分析表明这些细胞复合体在T细胞选择中发挥作用。