"Thymus" ed. by Nima Rezaei

This book examines a range of conditions - including environmental pollution, congenital anomalies, autoimmune diseases, and malignancies - that threaten the function and development of the thymus. The information presented herein is useful for a wide range of readers across a variety of specialties.

The thymus gland is highly valuable, due to its functions as a part of the neuroendocrine system as well as its actions to provide a primary lymphoid microenvironment that efficiently carries T-cell differentiation and selection. This book begins with an introduction and explanation of the development of the thymus.


Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Thymus - The Central Self-Tolerance System
2.Compartmentalization of Human Thymic Medulla: Facts and Hypotheses
3.Microarchitecture of the Thymus Gland; Its Age and Disease-Associated Morphological Alterations, and Possible Means to Prolong Its Physiological Activity
4.Thymic Senescence
5.Age-Related Thymic Atrophy: Mechanisms and Outcomes
6.Congenital Anomalies of the Thymus
7.Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
8.Clinical Presentation of Myasthenia Gravis
9.The Effect of Atmospheric Pollution on the Thymus
10.Essential Oils of Thymbra capitata and Thymus hyemalis and Their Uses Based on Their Bioactivity