X-IRRADIATION OF THE THYMUS IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE INDUCTION OF CYCLOSPORINE-INDUCED AUTOIMMUNITY

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BEIJLEVELD, LJJ
DAMOISEAUX, JGMC
WODZIG, KWH
VANBREDAVRIESMAN, PJC
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10.1097/00007890-199506150-00017
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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The thymus-dependent model of cyclosporine-induced autoimmunity (CsA-AI) in the Lewis rat requires a lethal total body X-irradiation and rescue with syngeneic or autologous bone marrow and cyclosporine (CsA) administration for at least 4 weeks; two to three weeks after cessation of CsA, the animals develop a graft-versus-host-like disease. The obligatory role of the thymus in the etiology of CsA-AI has been established unequivocally, but the way in which disease is thymus dependent is a topic of debate. In the present study we demonstrate that the model of CsA-AI requires the presence of a thymus for at least 2 weeks after total body irradiation and CsA administration, but that X-irradiation of the thymus itself is not necessary to bring about disease. Transplantation of neonatal thymus shows in addition that in the absence of X-irradiation of the thymus, CsA therapy is required to generate autoreactive cells, but that disease occurs only if peripheral autoregulatory cells are eliminated by X-irradiation.
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