The influence of thymectomy on antibody formation.
1961
K E FICHTELIUS, and
G LAURELL, and
L PHILIPSSON
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007857
Leadership
The function of directing or controlling the actions or attitudes of an individual or group with more or less willing acquiescence of the followers.
Influentials
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000906
Antibodies
Immunoglobulin molecules having a specific amino acid sequence by virtue of which they interact only with the ANTIGEN (or a very similar shape) that induced their synthesis in cells of the lymphoid series (especially PLASMA CELLS).
D000917
Antibody Formation
The production of ANTIBODIES by proliferating and differentiated B-LYMPHOCYTES under stimulation by ANTIGENS.
Surgical removal of the thymus gland. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Thymectomies
D013950
Thymus Gland
A single, unpaired primary lymphoid organ situated in the MEDIASTINUM, extending superiorly into the neck to the lower edge of the THYROID GLAND and inferiorly to the fourth costal cartilage. It is necessary for normal development of immunologic function early in life. By puberty, it begins to involute and much of the tissue is replaced by fat.