Functional histology of the human thymus

The clonal selection theory of acquired immunity

1959 • 2,008 citations

Discrete stages of human intrathymic differentiation: Analysis of normal thymocytes and leukemic lymphoblasts of T-cell lineage

1980 • 1,668 citations

On the thymus in the differentiation of "H-2 self-recognition" by T cells: evidence for dual recognition?

1978 • 870 citations

Positive and negative selection of an antigen receptor on T cells in transgenic mice

1988 • 758 citations

In a radiation chimaera, host H–2 antigens determine immune responsiveness of donor cytotoxic cells

1977 • 534 citations

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THYMUS

1967 • 504 citations

Tracing of cells of the avian thymus through embryonic life in interspecific chimeras.

1975 • 409 citations

THE ROLE OF THE THYMUS IN DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNOLOGIC CAPACITY IN RABBITS AND MICE

1962 • 391 citations

T-cell and mast cell lines respond to B-cell stimulatory factor 1.

1986 • 381 citations

Thymic nurse cells. Lymphoepithelial cell complexes in murine thymuses: morphological and serological characterization

1980 • 343 citations

TISSUE INTERACTION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THYMUS LYMPHOCYTES

1969 • 295 citations

The lymphoreticular system in triggering virus plus self-specific cytotoxic T cells: evidence for T help.

1978 • 268 citations

Development of thymus, parathyroids, and ultimo‐branchial bodies in NMRI and nude mice

1980 • 264 citations

EVIDENCE FOR A BLOOD-THYMUS BARRIER USING ELECTRON-OPAQUE TRACERS

1972 • 258 citations

Cytotoxic T cells learn specificity for self H–2 during differentiation in the thymus

1978 • 219 citations

Towards a better definition of human leucocyte surface molecules

1989 • 198 citations

The Human Thymic Microenvironment

1984 • 184 citations

Ontogeny of primary lymphoid organs and lymphoid stem cells

1984 • 169 citations

Heterogeneity of epithelial cells in the human thymus

1984 • 164 citations

Interleukin-4 mediates CDS induction on human CD4+ T-cell clones

1988 • 163 citations

Autoimmune Response to Acetylcholine Receptors in Myasthenia Gravis and Its Animal Model

1979 • 143 citations

The human thymus microenvironment: heterogeneity detected by monoclonal anti-epithelial cell antibodies.

1985 • 124 citations

Myasthenic and nonmyasthenic thymoma. An expansion of a minor cortical epithelial cell subset?

1987 • 117 citations

The human thymus microenvironment: in vivo identification of thymic nurse cells and other antigenically-distinct subpopulations of epithelial cells.

1981 • 116 citations

Seeding of the 10-day mouse embryo thymic rudiment by lymphocyte precursors in vitro.

1981 • 109 citations

Expression of antigen-specific, major histocompatibility complex-restricted receptors by cortical and medullary thymocytes in situ

1985 • 106 citations

Ontogeny and organization of the stationary non-lymphoid cells in the human thymus

1980 • 84 citations

Myosin and actin containing cells in the human postnatal thymus

1980 • 72 citations

Cell surface topography of thymic microenvironments.

1988 • 69 citations

Thymotaxin, a Chemotactic Protein, Is Identical to β₂-Microglobulin

1989 • 68 citations

The transcapsular route: a new way for (self-) antigens to by-pass the blood-thymus barrier?

1988 • 67 citations

Similarities between Hassall's corpuscles of the human thymus and the epidermis

1974 • 54 citations

Simultaneous Presence of Receptors for Complement and Sheep Red Blood Cells on Human Fetal Thymocytes

1977 • 54 citations

T cell precursor migration towards beta 2-microglobulin is involved in thymus colonization of chicken embryos.

1990 • 51 citations

Immunohistochemical characterization of the thymic microenvironment

1986 • 50 citations

The Thymus in Myasthenia Gravis

1986 • 47 citations

Implantation of cultured thymic fragments in congenitally athymic (nude) rats

1988 • 34 citations

Immunohistochemical and histometrical studies of the human thymus with special emphasis on age-related changes in medullary epithelial and dendritic cells

1989 • 33 citations

Evidence That Thymocytes Require at Least Two Distinct Signals to Proliferate

1979 • 28 citations

Analysis of the fine distribution of thymic epithelial microenvironmental molecules by immuno-electron microscopy.

1989 • 23 citations

Location of FTS (facteur thymique sérique) in the thymus of normal and auto-immune mice.

1982 • 23 citations

Epidermis and thymus. similar antigenic properties in hassall's corpuscle and subsets of keratinocytes

1980 • 22 citations

The Thymus: Its Influence on Recognition of “Self Major Histocompatibility Antigens” by T Cells and Consequences for Reconstitution of Immunodeficiency

1979 • 18 citations

The Thymus Gland

1982 • 12 citations

The developmental stages of the human T cell receptors: a review.

1989 • 4 citations

[The thymus of human neonate and its perivascular channels. Ultrastructural study (author's transl)].

1973 • 4 citations

[Progressive widening of the mesodermal perivascular space in human thymus].

1977 • 4 citations

[Contribution to the study of the microvascularization of the human thymic lobule (author's transl)].

1974 • 2 citations