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Schematic comparison of human and mouse early T-cell development in the thymus. Bone marrow-derived lymphoid progenitors enter the thymus (depicted as a blue oval) and exhibit dim CD44 expression. T-cell commitment is marked by the downregulation of CD44. As cells mature, they regain CD44 expression.
