Campbell G H, Esser K M, Phillips S M
Infect Immun. 1978 Jun;20(3):714-20. doi: 10.1128/iai.20.3.714-720.1978.
Athymic nude mice (nu/nu), heterozygous litter mates (nu/+), and thymic reconstituted homozygous animals (nu/nu TxR) were infected with Trypanosoma rhodesiense. A reduced parasitemia and prolonged survival were observed in the nu/nu animals after infection and cure or after immunization with irradiated organisms. These studies indicate that resistance of mice to T. rhodesiense infection is relatively independent of thymic lymphocyte function.
将无胸腺裸鼠(nu/nu)、杂合子同窝小鼠(nu/+)和胸腺重建的纯合动物(nu/nu TxR)感染罗得西亚锥虫。在感染并治愈后或用经辐照的生物体免疫后,观察到nu/nu动物的寄生虫血症降低且存活时间延长。这些研究表明,小鼠对罗得西亚锥虫感染的抵抗力相对独立于胸腺淋巴细胞功能。