An epithelial cell of the cortical portion of the thymus. Epithelial cells in this region are required for positive selection of CD8-positive T cells. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18403190 GOC:tfm ]
Synonyms: cTEC
This is just here as a test because I lose it
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cellxgene_subset, human_reference_atlas