When rats or mice were immunized with sheep red blood cells, bacterial lipopolysaccharides or bovine serum albumin, a proliferative response could be detected in the bone marrow and spleen. This response was associated with a hypercalcaemic phase. Parathyroidectomy, which resulted in a protracted hypocalcaemia, prevented the development of an increase in levels of plasma calcium. This operation also prevented the rise in bone marrow proliferation following antigenic challenge, but did not ablate the normal proliferative response to antigen by cells in the spleen. Antibody production and numbers of antibody-forming cells were not significantly reduced by parathyroidectomy. These results suggest that there is a pool of antigen-insensitive cells in the bone marrow which are stimulated after antigenic challenge. It is postulated that these events are mediated by the development of a parathyroid-dependent hypercalcaemia which stimulates the cells non-specifically. These events may form part of a cellular homeostasis, replacing cells in peripheral lymphoid tissues.
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