01159nas a2200277 4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653002700051653001300078653002400091653001100115653001200126653002600138653002900164653002500193653002400218653002100242653002100263653001500284653002800299100001600327245007900343300000900422520043600431022001400867 1995 d c199510aAdjuvants, Immunologic10aAntigens10aAntigens, Bacterial10aHumans10aleprosy10aLymphocyte Activation10aMycobacterium Infections10aMycobacterium leprae10aPhytohemagglutinins10aRadioimmunoassay10aThyroid Hormones10aTuberculin10aTuberculosis, Pulmonary1 aBalybin E S00a[Immunomodulating role of endogenous thyroid hormones in mycobacterioses]. a37-93 a

Radionuclide tracing in peripheral blood of patients with mycobacterial infections varying in activity (lepromatous lepra, n = 98; pulmonary tuberculosis, n = 51) provided information on lymphocyte proliferative response to PHA, tuberculin, sensitin from lepra mycobacteria, on thyroid hormones concentrations. Endogenic thyroid hormones are shown to have immunomodulating properties closely related to the disease activity.

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