Figure 6
Figure 6. Transplantation of mESC-derived TEPs improves thymic reconstitution in aged allo-BM transplant recipients. Lethally irradiated 12- to 14-month-old or 1-month-old 129B6F2 mice were injected intrathymically with mESC-derived EpCAM1+, EpCAM1− cells, or PBS, and intravenously with TCD BM from BALB/c mice. Thirty days after BMT, the numbers of (A) total thymocytes and their subsets, (B) donor-origin ETPs (lin−IL-7Rα −c-Kit+CD44+CD25−), and (C) total TECs (CD45−EpCAM1+MHC II+) and their subsets cTECs (CD45−EpCAM1+MHC II+Ly51+) and mTECs (CD45−EpCAM1+MHC II+Ly51−) were quantified by flow cytometry and compared with those in non-BMT control or EpCAM1+ cell–treated BMT young mice. Means ± SDs are presented (n = 5-6). Mean percentages of donor-origin thymocytes in mESC-derived EpCAM1+ cell–, EpCAM1− cell–, or PBS-treated BMT aged mice and EpCAM1+ cell–treated young mice are 86.9%, 87.2%, 87.7%, and 85.9%, respectively. **P < .01 and ***P < .001. The data are representative of 3 independent experiments.

Transplantation of mESC-derived TEPs improves thymic reconstitution in aged allo-BM transplant recipients. Lethally irradiated 12- to 14-month-old or 1-month-old 129B6F2 mice were injected intrathymically with mESC-derived EpCAM1+, EpCAM1 cells, or PBS, and intravenously with TCD BM from BALB/c mice. Thirty days after BMT, the numbers of (A) total thymocytes and their subsets, (B) donor-origin ETPs (linIL-7Rα c-Kit+CD44+CD25), and (C) total TECs (CD45EpCAM1+MHC II+) and their subsets cTECs (CD45EpCAM1+MHC II+Ly51+) and mTECs (CD45EpCAM1+MHC II+Ly51) were quantified by flow cytometry and compared with those in non-BMT control or EpCAM1+ cell–treated BMT young mice. Means ± SDs are presented (n = 5-6). Mean percentages of donor-origin thymocytes in mESC-derived EpCAM1+ cell–, EpCAM1 cell–, or PBS-treated BMT aged mice and EpCAM1+ cell–treated young mice are 86.9%, 87.2%, 87.7%, and 85.9%, respectively. **P < .01 and ***P < .001. The data are representative of 3 independent experiments.

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