Nephrocompensatory growth following thymectomy.
Thymectomy performed 28 days before unilateral nephrectomy produced significant inhibition in compensatory renal growth (CRG) in 3-6-month-old rats. Sera from thymectomized animals are not deprived of their renotrophic activity, but thymectomy of serum recipients almost abolished the capability of renotrophic serum to produce CRG.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D007668:Kidney / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000502:physiology*