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Title: Target cells and thymus microenvironment in the pathogenesis of thymic lymphomas in C57BL/Ka mice

Journal Article · · Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States)

In C57BL/Ka mice, the induction of thymic lymphomas either by inoculation of radiation leukemia virus (RadLV) or by a split dose irradiation requires complex cellular events: 1) Target cells are found among the population of thymic subcapsular blast cells, or, alternatively, of marrow or spleen prothymocytes; 2) Progression of target cells to lymphoma growth requires a multi-step process, which occurs only within thymic microenvironment; 3) Target cells are rapidly induced as preleukemic cells; 4) After inoculation or RadLV, the initial events occur when target cells are in close association with cells of a specialized component of thymic epithelium, i.e., the so-called nurse cells; 5) The leukemogenic agents induce damages to the thymic microenvironment itself; 6) Lymphoma prevention by marrow grafting after irradiation results from mechanisms still unknown which inhibit the progression of preleukemic cells to neoplastic growth.

Research Organization:
State Univ. of Liege, Belgium
OSTI ID:
5904886
Journal Information:
Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 11:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English