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Open AccessRole of zinc and α2macroglobulin on thymic endocrine activity and on peripheral immune efficiency (natural killer activity and interleukin 2) in cervical carcinoma
Decreased natural killer (NK) activity as well as interleukin 2 (IL-2) are risk factors for the progression of cervical carcinoma. NK activity and IL-2 may be thymus controlled. Plasma levels of active thymuli...
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Influence of Lymphokines and Thyroid Hormones on Natural Killer Activity
Natural Killer (NK) cells are a subpopulation of lymphocytes which have spontaneous cytotoxic activity against tumor cells, virus-infected cells, and some normal cells (Herberman, 1982).
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Thymus-Neuroendocrine Network
The idea that the thymus might be considered as an endocrine gland integrated in the complex hormonal network regulating the growth and the internal homeostasis of high organisms was first suggested by the obs...