Thymectomy causes -
• In adult life, thymectomy has no demonstrable effect on antibody response or upon homograft survival.
• However, it has been shown that thymectomy in adult mice, combined with total body irradiation, can result in homograft tolerance of a high degree.
• This finding suggests that the thymus gland may resume its perceptor function in adult life under circumstances in which there is temporary suppression of the lymphopoietic system.
Failure of rejection of transplanted organs
Myastheina gravis
Autoimmune disorders
None of the above