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Morphofunctional adaptation of rat thymus structures to silicon consumption with drinking water
V S Gordova1, I M Dyachkova, V E Sergeeva
1I. N. Ul'yanov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, crataegi@rambler.ru.
Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine
|April 21, 2015
Abstract:
Administration of standardized drinking water containing 10 mg/liter silicon for 2 months adlibitum induced structural reorganization of the cortical and medullary layers of the thymiclobules in laboratory rats accompanied by functional activation of monocyte/macrophage cells and antigen-presenting cells was changed in morphological structures of the thymus. A possible mechanism of development of autoimmune processes under the effect of silicon is discussed.

