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Hormones, thymus and lymphocyte functions

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Es wird die Hypothese vorgeschlagen, dass Thymus-Lymphozyten (T-Zellen) neben ihren klassischen immunologischen Funktionen wichtige multifunktionelle homöostatische Kontrollfunktionen ausüben. Störungen in der Beziehung zwischen dem endokrinen System und Thymus führen zu Ausfallerscheinungen und Altern.

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Acknowledgement. This work was supported by the Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Grant No. 3.246.69 SR, and theEmil-Barell-Stiftung, Basel.

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Pierpaoli, W., Sorkin, E. Hormones, thymus and lymphocyte functions. Experientia 28, 1385–1389 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965362

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