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Descriptor in English: Thymocytes
Descriptor in Spanish: Timocitos
Descriptor in Portuguese: Timócitos
Descriptor in French: Thymocytes
Entry term(s): Thymocyte
Tree number(s): A11.118.637.555.567.569.360.800
A11.148.378.294.750.800
A11.872.378.294.750.800
A11.900
Scope note: HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELLS that have migrated to the THYMUS where they differentiate into T-LYMPHOCYTES. Thymocytes are classified into maturational stages based on the expression of CELL SURFACE ANTIGENS.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
History Note: 2012
DeCS UI: 54427
Descriptor UI: D060168
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2016/06/10
Thymocytes - Preferred
Concept UI M0553183
Scope note HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELLS that have migrated to the THYMUS where they differentiate into T-LYMPHOCYTES. Thymocytes are classified into maturational stages based on the expression of CELL SURFACE ANTIGENS.
Preferred term Thymocytes
Entry term(s) Thymocyte



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