| Range |
~1 %/day
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| Organism |
Mouse Mus musculus |
| Reference |
Scollay RG, Butcher EC, Weissman IL. Thymus cell migration. Quantitative aspects of cellular traffic from the thymus to the periphery in mice. Eur J Immunol. 1980 Mar10(3):210-8. abstractPubMed ID7379836
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| Method |
Abstract:"[Investigators] have used intrathymic injection of fluorescein isothiocyanate [FITC] to label thymocytes in situ." |
| Comments |
Abstract:"[Investigators'] data show that in young adults, about 1% of thymocytes leave the thymus per day. Since the bulk of thymocytes turn over every 5 to 7 days, this indicates that the vast majority (95%) of thymocytes die within the thymus." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
111618 |