Abstract
Corticosteroids given in vivo altered the response of lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of calves. Lymphocytes were cultured and stimulated in vitro with phytohemagglutinin (PHA). After an initial suppression of lymphocyte responses to PHA, there was a rapid return to normal. It is concluded that, in calves, short-term, high-dose immunosuppressive therapy with corticosteroids produces a population of lymphocytes resistant to corticosteroids, possibly by destruction of corticosteroid-sensitive lymphocytes.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1243-1244 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | American journal of veterinary research |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| State | Published - Aug 1975 |