title: [Thymectomy and lymphocyte mediated cytotoxicity in the chicken (author's transl)].
abstract: Spleen and blood lymphocytes from non-thymectomized chicken immunized with sheep red blood cells are cytotoxic in vitro against 51Cr-labelled sheep red blood cells with specific lysis values in the order of 40%. Complete Freund's adjuvant is necessary to obtain a measurable degree of specific lysis. Spleen and blood from immunized thymectomized chicken yield little or no cytotoxic lymphocytes, with specific lysis values inferior to 15%, whatever the number of added lymphocytes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D012756:Sheep / Q000276:immunology; D013934:Thymectomy
vernacular_title: Influence de la thymectomie sur la cytotoxicité à médiation lymphocytaire chez le poulet.