Induction of Suppressor T Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Thymosin and Cultured Thymic Epithelium
- 2 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 197 (4307), 999-1001
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.302032
Abstract
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus lacked suppressor T cell function. Suppressor cell activity was induced in cells from many of these patients by incubation with thymosin or cultured thymic epithelium. These results suggest that thymic manipulation may be a useful therapeutic modality in this disease.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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