Research progress on thymus reconstruction / 中国免疫学杂志

ABSTRACT

Thymus,a main organ for T cell development,plays a pivotal role in adaptive immune response and dealing with the threaten from pathogens and tumors.With the deep understanding of the thymus,people have been realizing that the thymus is extremely sensitive to acute and chronic injuries as well as involution with age.Thymus regeneration can recover its function to a certain level.Up to now,these methods including adoptive thymic epithelial progenitor cells immunotherapy,injection of IL-2 and angiogenesis factor and regulation of c-Met signal are able to promote thymus recovery and T cell regeneration.