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    Glossary Thymus

    small gland in the chest that matures immune T-cells

    The thymus is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located in the upper chest, just behind the sternum. It plays a crucial role in the immune system by producing and maturing T-cells, which are essential for adaptive immunity. The thymus is most active during childhood and gradually shrinks with age, a process known as thymic involution.

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    1. Thymosin β4 promotes angiogenesis, wound healing, and hair follicle development Mechanisms of Ageing and Development · 2003 · 118 citations
    2. The β‐thymosins: Intracellular and extracellular activities of a versatile actin binding protein family Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton · 2009 · 110 citations
    3. Thymosin β<sub>4</sub>increases hair growth by activation of hair follicle stem cells The FASEB Journal · 2003 · 98 citations
    4. Developing stratified epithelia: lessons from the epidermis and thymus Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology · 2014 · 27 citations
    5. Counteraction of Cortisone Inhibition of Body, Hair and Thymus Growth by Vitamin B12 and Aureomycin. Experimental biology and medicine · 1951 · 17 citations
    6. Multiple potential roles of thymosin β4 in the growth and development of hair follicles Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine · 2021 · 13 citations
    7. T-Cell Reconstitution after Thymus Xenotransplantation Induces Hair Depigmentation and Loss 2013 · 7 citations
    8. Hairless-knockout piglets generated using the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/CRISPR-associated-9 exhibit abnormalities in the skin and thymus 2019 · 3 citations
    9. Immunological and Histological Studies of Different Concentrations of Rosmarinus officinalis and Thymus vulgaris Extracts on Thymus Gland of Chick Embryos Toxics · 2023 · 2 citations
    10. The Action of Hanson’s Thymus Extract on the Mouse Journal of Experimental Biology · 1936 · 1 citations
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