title: [Migration of bone marrow cells to the thymus in mice after a single sublethal-dose irradiation].
abstract: In sublethally irradiated mice, thymus repopulation is due first to the proliferation of surviving thymocytes followed by the multiplication of bone marrow derived prothymocytes. The migration of bone marrow cells to the thymus after a single sublethal whole-body X irradiation was studied by using fluorescein isothiocyanate as a cell marker. Irradiation increases the permissiveness of the thymus to the immigration of bone marrow cells. Furthermore, the post-Rx regenerating bone marrow cells exhibit migration capacities greater than the normal ones. The radiation induced changes in the bone marrow thymus interaction might play an important role in thymus regeneration after sublethal irradiation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000528:radiation effects; D005260:Female; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate; D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D013861:Thiocyanates; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D013861:Thiocyanates; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
vernacular_title: Migration des cellules de moelle hématopoïétique vers le thymus chez la souris après une irradiation unique à dose sublétale.