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theliolymphocyte 694 thorotrast (thorium dioxide 32THOT)
theliolymphocyte
A small intraepithelial lymphocyte associated with intestinal
epithelial cells.
Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos.
Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos
Authority on autoimmunity at Scripps Research Institute,
LaJolla, California.
theophylline (1,3,dimethylxanthine)
A compound used to treat acute bronchial asthma
because of its powerful smooth muscle relaxing activity.
Aminophylline, a salt of theophylline, is another smooth
muscle relaxant used to induce bronchodilation in the treatment
of asthma.
therapeutic antisera
Serum antibody preparations employed to protect against
or treat disease. They are distinct from antibody or antisera
preparations used for the serological identification of microorganisms.
Therapeutic antisera such as horse antitoxins against
diphtheria were widely used early in the 20th century. A few
specific antisera such as tetanus antitoxin are still used.
therapeutic vaccination
A vaccine administered to alleviate a pre-existing allergic
or autoimmune condition, cancer, or other disease.
Thermoactinomyces species
Gram-positive, endospore-forming microorganisms that
Aspergillus fumigatus, are the most common causes of the
hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) known as farmer’s lung
(FL). Other thermophilic actinomycetes also play a role in
the pathogenesis of this disease. Antibodies reactive with
a 55-kDa band are frequent in the sera of patients with FL,
but the significance is not known.
Thomas, Edward Donnall (1920–)
American hematologist whose fundamental investigations
of bone marrow transplantation led to his winning a Nobel
Prize for Medicine or Physiology with J. E. Murray in
1990.
thoracic duct
A canal that leads from the cisterna chyli, a dilated segment
of the thoracic duct at its site of origin in the lumbar region,
to the left subclavian vein.
thoracic duct drainage
The deliberate removal of lymphocytes through drainage of
lymph from the thoracic duct with a catheter.
E. Donnall Thomas and Joseph E. Murray, recipients of the 1990 Nobel
Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their work during the 1950s and
1960s on reducing the risk of organ rejection by the human immune
system. In 1954, at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Murray performed
the first successful organ transplant of a kidney from one identical twin to
another. Two years later, Thomas performed the first successful transplant
of bone marrow by administering a drug that prevented rejection. Thomas
and Murray made significant discoveries that “enabled the development of
organ and cell transplantation into a method for the treatment of human
disease” (from Nobel Assembly citation).
Lewis Thomas.
Thomas, Lewis
Distinguished American physician who served as Chair of
Pathology at Yale, as administrator at New York University
Medical Center, and as director of Sloan-Kettering-
Memorial Medical Center in New York City. He wrote
popular books on medicine and had a special interest in
tumor immunology.
thorotrast (thorium dioxide 32THOT)
A radiocontrast medium that yields α particles. It is no longer
in use because neoplasia have been attributed to its use.