Growth hormone‐induced t cell differentiation

Abstract

Abstract Lymphoid cell suspensions were transferred into normal or thymectomized suckling mice and the recipients treated with growth hormone. After immunization, the number of antibody‐forming cells was counted in the spleens of recipients. Growth hormone was able to enhance the helper function of normal thymocytes, but not of lymph node and spleen cells or hydrocortisone‐resistant thymocytes. It is concluded that growth hormone induces T‐cell characteristics in thymocytes.