Thymus: Role in Maturation of Fetal Lymphoid Precursors
Marvin L. Tyan 1
1 Department of Tumor Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Liver cells from homozygous embryonic mice were subjected to serial passage through appropriate thymectomized and sham-thymectomized F1 hybrids. Passage through a nonthymectomized host was required for maturation and/or proliferation of the potential immunologically competent cells in the embryonic liver