Мать и дитя в Кузбассе (Mar 2022)
THE THYMUS GLAND (THYMUS) ASPECTS IN CHILDREN (PART V). HORMONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL INTERACTION OF THE THYMUS WITH THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND IN PARTICULAR WITH SOMATOTROPIC HORMONE AND INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR
Abstract
The literature review includes data on the interaction of the thymus with the neuroendocrine system, hormonal and morphological relations between the thymus, somatotropic hormone and insulin-like growth factor (IGF), the effect of growth hormone (GH) to age-related thymus involution. The results of experimental studies and contradictory data to the effect of the somatotropic axis (receptor-GR/GR/IGF-1) on thymopoiesis, homeostasis of thymocytes and peripheral T cells are presented.