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  • Title: Influence of thymic hormone on cell-mediated and humoral immune responses in Marek's disease.
    Author: Quere P, Dambrine G, Bach MA.
    Journal: Vet Microbiol; 1989 Jan; 19(1):53-64. PubMed ID: 2538023.
    Abstract:
    A reduction in the secretion of thymic hormones, and in particular thymulin, can be demonstrated in chickens following the thymic atrophy induced by Marek's disease virus (MDV) infection. In very sensitive histocompatible (B13/B13) chickens inoculated with the HPRS-16 strain of MDV at 10 days of age, treatment with synthetic thymulin by daily subcutaneous injection failed to modify the time course of Marek's disease (MD) and did not prevent the development of macroscopic tumors. No effect was noted on the levels of neutralizing anti-viral antibodies. Nevertheless, thymulin treatment resulted in significant suppression of the cellular immune response 4-6 weeks post-inoculation, monitored by splenic cytotoxicity against MD-specific and natural killer-sensitive lymphoblastoid cell lines.
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