I. Fernandez et al., EFFECT OF N-3 PUFA POLYUNSATURATED FATTY- ACIDS ON THE THYMUS OF RATSSUBMITTED TO SEVERE PROTEIN DEPLETION, Medicina, 57(1), 1997, pp. 72-74
Severe protein deprivation at weaning provokes an arrest of cellular p
roliferation and maturation, and an increase of ADA and PNP activities
in the thymus of growing rats. A 20% casein diet fed during 9 days wa
s enough to reverse the effect on ADA and PNP. The supplementation wit
h 24 mg/d of n-3 PUFA, was able to recover thymus' cellular proliferat
ion and maturation.