GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The primary function of the thymus gland is to train special white blood cells called T-lymphocytes or T-cells. White blood cells (lymphocytes) travel from your bone marrow to your thymus. The lymphocytes mature and become specialized T-cells in your thymus. After the T-cells have matured, they enter your bloodstream.

Detailed explanation-2: -T cells (T-lymphocytes) are an essential component of the adaptive immune system. The thymus provides a permissive environment for the development of T cells from hematopoietic progenitor cells, generating a functional and self-tolerant peripheral T-cell repertoire.

Detailed explanation-3: -The thymus supports the differentiation of multiple distinct T cell subsets that play unique roles in the immune system. CD4 and CD8 / T cells, / T cells, NKT cells, Treg, and IEL all develop in and must leave the thymus to provide their functions elsewhere in the body.

Detailed explanation-4: -The NK/T precursors migrate to the thymus, where thymocyte development proceeds in three multipartite phases: the DN phase (neither CD4 nor CD8 appears on the thymocyte surface), the DP phase (both CD4 and CD8 are present), and the SP phase (either CD4 or CD8 is present on the surface of a mature T cell).