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Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) has positive effects on the formation of immune systems. In this study, we evaluated the effects of taurine on the development of T lymphocyte subpopulations in thymus of immunosuppresive mice. The immunosuppressed mice model was established by intraperitoneal injection of dexamethasone (Dex) for 7 days. Mice (male, Kunming strain) were randomly divided into three groups, the normal control group (Cont.), the Dex-induced immunosuppressive model group (Dex + PBS), and the taurine intervention group (Dex + TAU). Taurine was administered at a dose of 200 mg/kg for 30 days or until euthanasia. Total cell numbers in the thymi of mice were evaluated by cell count, and the flow cytometry was used to determine the proportion of different cell subsets. Our results showed that the size and weight of thymi of Dex + PBS group were significantly smaller than those of Cont. group, and taurine administration efficiently increased the thymus index. Taurine also significantly increased the number of CD4- CD8- double negative (DN), CD4+ CD8+ double positive (DP), CD4+ single positive (CD4+) and CD8+ SP (CD8+) cells compared with the Dex + PBS group, but did not affect the CD4+/CD8+ cell ratio in thymus of Dex-induced immunoseppressive mice. Our results suggested that taurine has a positive effect on thymus differentiation in Dex-induced immunosuppressive mice.
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This work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (31570797, 81571498), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016M601317, 2018T110225), and the Research Foundation from the Department of Education, Liaoning Province, China (L2016003).
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Piao, J. et al. (2019). Effect of Taurine on Thymus Differentiation of Dex-Induced Immunosuppressive Mice. In: Hu, J., Piao, F., Schaffer, S., El Idrissi, A., Wu, JY. (eds) Taurine 11. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1155. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8023-5_36
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