Potentiation of experimental allergic thyroiditis in rats adipectomized at birth.
The effect of neonatal extirpation of the interscapular brown adipose tissue (adipectomy) on the development of experimental allergic thyroiditis in 8-week-old inbred Lewis rats was studied. The incidence and intensity of disease were much higher, and delayed skin reactions significantly stronger, in adipectomized rats than in control sham-adipectomized rats.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000939:Epitopes; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed; D051381:Rats; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000276:immunology*
D000939:Epitopes