Viral infections can give rise to a systemic decrease in the total number of lymphocytes in the
blood, referred to as lymphopenia. Lymphopenia may affect the host adaptive immune …

Even though the thymus is exquisitely sensitive to acute insults like infection, shock, or
common cancer therapies such as cytoreductive chemo-or radiation-therapy, it also has a …

Thymic involution is a key factor in human immune aging, leading to reduced thymic output
and a decline in recent thymic emigrant (RTE) naive T cells in circulation. Currently, the …

The thymus is a crucial organ for the development of T cells. T cell progenitors first migrate
from the bone marrow into the thymus. During the journey to become a mature T cell …

The thymus is required for T cell differentiation; a process that depends on which antigens
are encountered by thymocytes, the environment surrounding the differentiating cells, and …

Background It is unclear why the severity of influenza varies in healthy adults or why the
burden of severe influenza shifts to young adults when pandemic strains emerge. One …

Although Ma Huang Tang (MHT) has long been considered as a classical formula for
respiratory infections like influenza, bronchitis and asthma, its chemical ingredients that …

The thymus hosts the development of a specific type of adaptive immune cells called T cells.
T cells orchestrate the adaptive immune response through recognition of antigen by the …

The human thymus is susceptible to viral infections that can severely alter thymopoiesis and
compromise the mechanisms of acquired tolerance to self-antigens. In humans, plasma cells …

Thymic atrophy has been described as a consequence of infection by several pathogens
including highly pathogenic avian influenza virus and is induced through diverse …