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Atopically transplanted thymus tissues are capable of distantly changing metabolic status of the organism

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It has been demonstrated that an atopic transplantation of the thymus tissue from young animals in different variants decreased the rate of irreversible age-related atrophy of the thymus in a statistically significant manner. This retards an age-dependent degradation of the T-cell component of the immune system.

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TNF-α:

tumor necrosis factor

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  1. Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    A. V. Kulikov, L. V. Arkhipova & G. N. Smirnova

  2. Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    E. G. Novoselova & N. V. Shishova

  3. Kirov Military Medical Academy, ul. Lebedeva 6, St. Petersburg, 194044, Russia

    D. A. Kulikov

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Kulikov, L.V. Arkhipova, E.G. Novoselova, N.V. Shishova, D.A. Kulikov, G.N. Smirnova, 2008, published in Biofizika, 2008, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 1144–1148.

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Kulikov, A.V., Arkhipova, L.V., Novoselova, E.G. et al. Atopically transplanted thymus tissues are capable of distantly changing metabolic status of the organism. BIOPHYSICS 53, 659–662 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350908060341

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