September 5, 2025Open Access

Uncovering the Heterogeneity and Ontogeny of Mouse Thymic Macrophages Reveals an Unexpected Early Checkpoint Role

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HWHelen Wang VRVinothkumar Rajan AWAnthony Wong

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Observational analysis highlights macrophage heterogeneity as a key regulator in T cell development, revealing distinct TM subsets. Functional findings indicate TM loss impairs thymocyte maturation.

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Acute loss of thymic macrophages severely impairs T cell development, particularly during β-selection.
Functional interrogation using fetal thymic organ cultures showed that TM subsets are critical for thymocyte survival.
Single-cell RNA sequencing identified distinct TM populations with specialized roles in T cell maturation.
Findings underscore the importance of macrophage heterogeneity in regulating thymocyte development and interactions.

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Wang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c239e5b210217d6477de56 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.27.672681

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Observational analysis highlights macrophage heterogeneity as a key regulator in T cell development, revealing distinct TM subsets. Functional findings indicate TM loss impairs thymocyte maturation.

Uncovering the Heterogeneity and Ontogeny of Mouse Thymic Macrophages Reveals an Unexpected Early Checkpoint Role

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Uncovering the Heterogeneity and Ontogeny of Mouse Thymic Macrophages Reveals an Unexpected Early Checkpoint Role

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