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. 1983 Apr;52(1):1–6.

Thymic hormone containing cells. II. Evolution of cells containing the serum thymic factor (FTS or thymulin) in normal and autoimmune mice, as revealed by anti-FTS monoclonal antibodies. Relationship with Ia bearing cells.

W Savino, M Dardenne, J F Bach
PMCID: PMC1535568  PMID: 6345030

Abstract

The number of thymic epithelial cells containing the serum thymic factor (FTS or thymulin), assessed by indirect immunofluorescence using an anti-FTS monoclonal antibody, was studied in the thymus of normal and autoimmune mice as a function of age. In normal mice the number of FTS+ cells was constant until the age of 6 months and then began to decline. In autoimmune strains, the age linked decline was premature being already significant at 10 weeks of age. These findings were paralleled by the age associated decline of FTS blood levels in all strains studied. Double labelling experiments showed that in both normal and autoimmune mice, FTS+ cells were Ia negative, suggesting that these cells belong to a specific subpopulation of the thymic epithelial reticulum.

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