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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroimmunol. 2011 May 7;235(1-2):33–39. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2011.03.013

Table 1.

mTEC and cTEC numbers are reduced in the thymi of B cell deficient and lymphotoxin deficient mice

Animal Model Cell Number per thymus × 106
DC (CD11c+) M„U (F4/80+) mTECs (G8.8+) cTECs (CDR1+)
WT 1.0±0.10 0.3±0.13 2.5±1.2 3.0±1.8
μMT 0.4±0.01 0.3±0.07 1.5±0.3 1.0±0.4
LTα−/− 0.4±0.06 0.2±0.05 1.5±0.2 1.2±0.3
LTβ−/− 0.6±0.04 0.2±0.02 1.0±0.2 0.9±0.05

Isolated thymi from various models were analyzed for the presence of dendritic cells (DCs) macrophages (Mφ) medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) and cortical thymic epithelial cells (cTECs)