passages.id: split_8_test_2157_passage
passages.type: progene_text
passages.text: Two recent papers in Cell ( Moody et al. , 2001 ) and Immunity ( Daniels et al. , 2001 ) describe a novel role for glycosylation in the thymus--regulating the interaction of MHC class I molecules with CD8 during thymocyte maturation .