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QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF THE DECAY OF LYMPHOID CELLS IN THE THYMOLYMPHATIC SYSTEM DURING INANITION AND RESTITUTION
Author(s) -
Claesson Mogens Helweg,
Kirk Henning
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1971.tb01851.x
Subject(s) - restitution , lymphatic system , biology , medicine , endocrinology , immunology , political science , law
Studies of the decay of lymphoid cells in the thymolyniphatic system have been performed on lymphoid organ suspensions from intact and adrenalectomized groups of mice subjected to varying degrees of starvation and restitution. During starvation the percentage of decaying cells in the lymphoid organs increased in intact mice, but remained at normal levels in operated mice. In normally fed animals the removal of their adrenal glands did not influence lymphoid cell decay under normal conditions. It was concluded that the adrenal glands play a central role in the stress mediated decay of lymphoid cells while the adrenals under normal conditions are of no importance to lymphoid cell decay.