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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the effects of the long-term administration to mice of thyroid hormone or propylthiouracil (PTU) on lymphocyte subsets in spleens, and thymuses to clarify whether hyperthyroxinemia itself causes the changes in lymphocyte subsets, such as the marked increase in CD5+ B cells and decrease in natural killer (NK) cells, observed in hyperthyroid Graves' disease. Both the number and proportion of splenic NK (Thy-1+ asialo GM1+) cells were increased in hyperthyroxinemic mice treated with thyroxine (T4) for both short and long terms (8 and 32 weeks, respectively), those of splenic and thymic T (CD5+ sIgM-) cells and CD5-B cells were increased only in hypothyroxinemic mice treated with PTU for 32 weeks, compared with those in euthyroid mice. These data indicate that 1) long-term hyperthyroxinemia increases splenic and thymic T cells and splenic NK cells, but not CD5+ B cells, in mice, 2) long-term hypothyroxinemia induced by PTU treatment increases splenic B cells and CD5- B cells, and 3) hyperthyroxinemia itself does not cause the changes in CD5+ B cells and NK cells, which are observed in hyperthyroid Graves' disease, in mice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0918-8959
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
661-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term effects of thyroid hormone on lymphocyte subsets in spleens and thymuses of mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't