Cell-mediated immune response in malnutrition.

  • 1 January 1973
    • journal article
    • Vol. 13 (1), 153-64
Abstract
The primary and secondary immune responses to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) were profoundly depressed in rats with malnutrition as determined by the marked reduction of direct plaque- (PFC) and rosette- (RFC) forming cells in the spleen, thymus and bone marrow.