The blood cells that manufacture antibodies trace their origin back to the thymus gland. It has recently been discovered that the gland also secretes a substance that enables the cells to make ...

Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified as ... like PTH produced by the parathyroid glands, regulated by extracellular Ca or by hormones involved in Ca homeostasis? Calcitriol, a hormone ...

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 ...

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.