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Intrathymic lymph nodes in humans
Author(s) -
TANEGASHIMA A.,
USHIYAMA I.,
KIKUI Y.,
YAMAMOTO H.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1469-7580
pISSN - 0021-8782
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19840491.x
Subject(s) - lymph node , lymph , node (physics) , lymph node stromal cell , immune system , function (biology) , computer science , biology , medicine , pathology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , quantum mechanics
An unusual lymph node exists in the centre of the human thymus. This lymph node, which we call an intrathymic lymph node (ITLN), possesses some interesting morphological characteristics. In ontogeny, this node seems to appear at the latter half of fetal period. The function of the ITLN is still unknown, but it is assumed that it may play a different role in the immune system than other peripheral lymph nodes by its characteristics.