While Many Cell Types in the Thymus Are Able to Induce

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Multiple Choice

While many cell types in the thymus are able to induce negative selection of developing self-reactive thymocytes, bone marrow-derived antigen-presenting cells, such as macrophages and dendritic cells, appear to be the most important for this process. One likely reason for the prominent role of bone marrow-derived antigen-presenting cells in inducing negative selection of developing thymocytes is:

• A) Bone marrow-derived antigen-presenting cells are the most abundant stromal cells in the thymus.
• B) Bone marrow-derived antigen-presenting cells are very good at inducing mature T cell activation.
• C) Bone marrow-derived antigen-presenting cells are highly phagocytic and have specialized mechanisms for presenting peptides on both MHC class I and class II.
• D) Bone marrow-derived antigen-presenting cells are concentrated in the thymic medulla where negative selection is most prominent.
• E) Bone marrow-derived antigen-presenting cells are hematopoietic in origin, so share the same genetic make-up as the developing thymocytes.

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