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  • Title: The murine thymic nurse cell: an isolated thymic microenvironment.
    Author: Andrews P, Boyd RL.
    Journal: Eur J Immunol; 1985 Jan; 15(1):36-42. PubMed ID: 2578399.
    Abstract:
    The thymic nurse cell (TNC) consists of an epithelial cell enclosing lymphoid elements and is found in enzymic digests of the thymus. Although these structures have been implicated in the normal intrathymic development of T lymphocytes, little is known about the in situ structure of this unusual cell complex. In this study, various dyes were introduced into the intact thymus and their differential permeability was used to demonstrate that the TNC exists as a sealed structure in situ. The lymphocytes within the TNC were shown to be isolated from the general thymic environment. Preliminary studies on these lymphocytes and the physiology of their active release from individual, micromanipulated TNC in microcultures are reported.
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