Immunological recovery of thymectomized and sham-thymectomized lethally irradiated mice reconstituted with syngeneic bone marrow cells.
Immunological functions of lethally irradiated mice reconstituted with syngeneic bone marrow cells recover after 5--6 weeks. In mice that had been thymectomized before irradiation and reconstitution, T-cell function is deficient but the B-cell function is preserved.
D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D007109:Immunity / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013934:Thymectomy; D013997:Time Factors; D014185:Transplantation, Isogeneic