Thymic involution caused by repeated cocaine administration includes apoptotic cell loss followed by ectopic adipogenesis

• Kana Unuma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Homare Kaga,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takeshi Funakoshi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Moeka Nomura,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toshihiko Aki ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aki.legm@tmd.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-6432

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• Koichi Uemura

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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