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Ontogeny of T Cells and a Third Lymphocyte Lineage in the Chicken

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Progress in Immunology

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Comparative analysis of immune system development in birds and mammals revealed that development of lymphoid stem cells proceeds along T and B cell lines (Cooper et al. 1965; Moore and Owen 1967). In order to begin T cell development, blood-borne stem cells in birds periodically enter the epithelial thymus in response to locally- produced chemoattractants (Le Douarin 1978; Jotereau and Le Douarin 1982). Stem cell colonization of the amphibian and mammalian thymuses also appears to occur in waves (Turpen and Smith 1989; Jotereau et al. 1987).

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Cooper, M.D. et al. (1989). Ontogeny of T Cells and a Third Lymphocyte Lineage in the Chicken. In: Melchers, F., et al. Progress in Immunology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83755-5_31

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