All of the following types of protein are processed and presented by macrophages in the thymus except _____ proteins.

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Tissue-specific proteins are typically not processed and presented by macrophages in the thymus. The thymus is involved in the education of T cells, which requires exposure to a wide variety of antigens, but tissue-specific proteins are generally not presented in this context because they are not representative of antigens that T cells need to learn to recognize systemically.

All of the Following Types of Protein Are Processed and Presented