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Mature T cells (found in lymph nodes, spleen and thymic medulla) can be distinguished from immature T cells (found in thymic cortex) on the basis of size and pattern of membrane antigen expression (1). The terras “mature” and “immature” are used because cortical thymocytes generally have little or no immune function, while the other populations do.
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Scollay, R., Chen, WF., Mitchell, G. (1982). Studies on the Maturity of Cells Migrating from the Thymus to the Periphery in Mice. In: Nieuwenhuis, P., van den Broek, A.A., Hanna, M.G. (eds) In Vivo Immunology. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 149. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9066-4_37
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