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Thymic Endocrinology-Part 2
Arundhati Dasgupta1, Sanjay Kalra2
1Department of Endocrinology, Rudraksh Clinic, Siliguri, India.
Abstract:
The concept of thymic endocrinology describes a bidirectional effect: the thymic hormones which circulate and significantly affect the immunomodulatory function of the body, and the action of the other hormones derived from the pituitary, adrenal, gonads and thyroid gland on the thymocytes, thymic epithelial cells and the thymic stromal cells. Apart from this there is also an extensive paracrine and autocrine endocrine signal network within the intrathymic environment involving interleukins and thymic peptides .This review attempts to delve into the under-standing of this intrinsic relationship between the thymus gland and the endocrine system at large.
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