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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraction of thymus tissues out of total thymus (average of 12 newborns) | Human Homo sapiens | cortex ~65% medulla ~33% epithelial islands ~2% | % | 110313 | Snyder WS, Cook MJ, Nasset ES... |
| Average number of TSPs [thymus-seeding progenitors] that can colonize a non-irradiated wild-type thymus at a given time | Mouse Mus musculus | 10 | TSPs | 113824 | Krueger A, Ziętara N... |
| Number of T cells exported from thymus each day | Mouse Mus musculus | in 3.5-5.5 week old mice ~2X10^6 T cells/day: in 6 month old mice ~10^5 T cells/day | T cells/day | 110718 | Tough DF, Sprent J. Life... |
| An individual thymus acquires maximum receptivity for colonization every | Mouse Mus musculus | 10 - 14 | days | 113825 | Krueger A, Ziętara N... |
| Number of thymocytes in thymus of young adult | Mouse Mus musculus | 10^8-2х10^8 | cells | 103580 | Kenneth M. Murphy, Paul... |
| Gestational age when thymus is colonized by stem cells | Human Homo sapiens | 7 - 8 | weeks | 111615 | Haynes BF, Markert ML... |
| Fraction of thymus that undergoes programmed cell death (PCD) | Mouse Mus musculus | 10 - 15 | % | 112334 | Gavrieli Y, Sherman Y... |
| Percent of thymocytes that leave the thymus per day in young adults | Mouse Mus musculus | ~1 | %/day | 111618 | Scollay RG, Butcher EC... |
| Calf thymus [CT] DNA density | Cow Bos Taurus | 1.41 (±0.03) | g/cm^3 | 112352 | Śmiałek MA, Jones NC... |
| Fraction of apoptosis in thymus that occurrs due to negative selection | Mouse Mus musculus | ~25 | % | 113828 | Krueger A, Ziętara N... |
| Rate in which T cells are exported from thymus | Mouse Mus musculus | 10^6-2×10^6 | T cells/day | 103586 | Kenneth M. Murphy, Paul... |
| Fraction of naïve T cell production that is thymus derived in adult | Human Homo sapiens | 10 - 20 | % | 113830 | Krueger A, Ziętara N... |
| Average lifetime of TSPs [thymus-seeding progenitors] and ETPs [early T lineage progenitors] combined | Mouse Mus musculus | 9 - 12 | days | 113827 | Krueger A, Ziętara N... |
| Average number of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells exported from thymus each day (equivalent to 1% of all thymocytes) | Mouse Mus musculus | 1,000,000 - 4,000,000 | T cells/day | 113829 | Krueger A, Ziętara N... |
| Comparison of values for calf thymus DNA density from the literature | Cow Bos Taurus | ~1.7 Table - link | g/cm^3 | 112350 | Śmiałek MA, Jones NC... |
| Turnover of bulk of thymocytes | Mouse Mus musculus | 5 - 7 | days | 111617 | Scollay RG, Butcher EC... |
| Number of multipotent progenitors (MPPs), circulating T lineage-committed progenitors, & common lymphoid progenitors (CLPs) in blood | Mouse Mus musculus | MPPs ~180: circulating T lineage-committed progenitors 600: CLPs 180 | N/A | 113822 | Krueger A, Ziętara N... |
| Percent of thymocytes that survive selection and become immunocompetent T cells | Human Homo sapiens | 2 | % | 102647 | Kenneth M. Murphy, Paul... |
| The thymic universe | Unspecified | Figure link | N/A | 113832 | Krueger A, Ziętara N... |
| Concentration of lymphocytes in lymphoid organs | Rat Rattus norvegicus | mesenteric lymph node (GMM) 1.1×10^6: spleen 2.0×10^6: thymus 3.6×10^6 | cells/mg wet weight | 113198 | Everett NB, Caffrey RW... |