The effect of excessive tri-iodothyronine (T3) in vivo was assessed using normal human lymphocytes. Cells from normal subjects were frozen in liquid nitrogen before and after oral administration of T3 for 1 week to permit a direct comparison under identical culture conditions. Within the group of individuals studied, some subjects did show changes in B or T cell function but hypertri-iodothyroninaemia produced no consistent effect for the whole group on circulating T cell subsets or T and B cell activation measured by short-term culture or stimulation of lymphocyte cultures with phytohaemagglutinin or pokeweed mitogen. Tri-iodothyronine supplementation of cultures in vitro did not affect pokeweed mitogen stimulation. These findings suggest that the immunological abnormalities in Graves' disease are not the result of increased circulating thyroid hormone levels and that remission following medical treatment is due to an immuno-suppressive effect of the drug rather than the restoration of euthyroidism.
J. Endocr. (1984) 101,81–86
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