Macrophages engulfing apoptotic thymocytes produce retinoids to promote selection, differentiation, removal and replacement of double positive thymocytes
Keywords: 9-cis RA, 9-cis retinoic acid; ARAT, acyl-CoA:retinol acyltransferase; ADH, alcohol dehydrogenase; All-trans-DRA, all-trans-dihydroretinoic acid; ATRA, all-trans retinoic acid; BAI1, brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1; CRBP, cellular retinol-binding