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Circulating thymic hormone levels in severe combined immunodeficiency.

T Iwata, G S Incefy, R A Good

    Clinical and Experimental Immunology
    |July 1, 1983
    PubMed
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    Bone marrow transplants can restore thymic hormone (facteur thymique serique, FTS) activity in immunodeficient patients. Early fetal liver transplants, however, do not effectively restore FTS levels, suggesting a need for mature hematopoietic cells.

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    Area of Science:

    • Immunology
    • Endocrinology
    • Developmental Biology

    Background:

    • Severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) is characterized by profound defects in the immune system.
    • Circulating thymic hormone levels, such as facteur thymique serique (FTS), are crucial for immune function and development.
    • Assessing FTS levels can provide insights into immune reconstitution following transplantation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the levels of circulating thymic hormone (FTS) in patients with SCID before and after various transplantation procedures.
    • To determine the impact of different transplant sources (bone marrow, fetal liver, thymus) on FTS activity and immune reconstitution.
    • To elucidate the role of hematopoietic cells and fetal maturation in thymic hormone production.

    Main Methods:

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    • Measurement of facteur thymique serique (FTS) activity in 23 SCID patients.
    • Serial FTS level monitoring before and after transplantation (bone marrow, thymus, fetal liver).
    • Correlation of FTS activity changes with immunological reconstitution post-transplant.

    Main Results:

    • Thirteen of 21 pre-transplant SCID patients had undetectable FTS activity; only two had normal levels.
    • Bone marrow transplants led to sustained early increases in serum FTS activity during immune reconstitution.
    • Transplants of early fetal liver ( < 12 weeks) or fetal liver plus thymus did not significantly increase FTS activity.
    • Transplantation of late fetal thymus ( > 14 weeks) resulted in sustained increases in thymic hormone activity.

    Conclusions:

    • A hematopoietic cell, present in postnatal marrow but immature in early fetal liver, is essential for thymic secretory activity.
    • This hematopoietic cell is necessary for the differentiation or maturation of thymic hormone production.
    • Successful thymic hormone restoration depends on the maturity of the transplanted hematopoietic or thymic tissue.