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The bursa of Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente: from original iconography to most recent research

2020; Romanian Academy's Publishing House; Volume: 61; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.47162/rjme.61.2.31

2066-8279

Doménico Ribatti, Andrea Porzionato, Aron Emmi, Raffaele De,

T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente (1533-1619) described the homonymous bursa in the "De Formatione Ovi et Pulli", published posthumously in 1621.He also included a figure in which the bursa was depicted.We here present the figure of the bursa of Fabricius, along with corrections of some mislabeling still presents in some anastatic copies.The bursa of Fabricius is universally known as the origin of B-lymphocytes; morphogenetical and physiological issues are also considered.