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Renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis is known to occur as a result of epithelial cell transformation into myofibroblasts via the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process. It has been reported that macrophages, regulatory T (Treg) cells, and gamma delta T (γδ T) cells can promote fibrosis via EMT in vivo. Our study intended to detect whether thymocytes can induce renal tubular cells to undergo the EMT. Rat thymocytes were activated by phytohemagglutinin and concanavalin A. The rat renal tubular epithelial cells (NRK-52E) were i