... expression increased in the aging thymus. The CCR5 ligands, CCL4 and CCL5, increase in the thymic parenchyma as revealed by the age-associated increases in the staining of thymocytes and microenvironmental ... the thymus with age. Hy-pothesizing that the increased expression of chemokines and the CCR5 receptor may play a role in adipocyte recruitment and/ or differentiation within the aging thymus, ... proin-flammatory cytokines and fat-derived peptides termed adipokines (including ligands such as adi-ponectin, leptin, resistin, TNF-α, IL-6), which act in a paracrine, autocrine and/ or endocrine...