[Effect of thyroxin and thymalin on proliferation and apoptosis of thymocytes in rats after thyroidectomy]

It is found that 3 months after removal of thyroid gland in rats, a suppression of thymic endocrine function, loss of weight and cellularity occurs. These changes are mainly caused by a weakening of index of proliferative activity. In animals that postoperatively received substitutive thyroxin hormonotherapy and courses of thymulin these disorders don't occur or they are not expressed significantly.