Since ETPs showed the potential to give rise to myeloid cell types, the team also asked whether some of the myeloid cells in the thymus normally arise from ETPs.

• 鉴于早期胸腺细胞表现出具有生成髓系细胞的能力，小组提出，是不是胸腺内的一些髓细胞通常来源于这些细胞。