since the immunosuppressive effect of neonatal thymectomy on demyelinating disease was neutralized by neonatal adipectomy , and vice versa , and since thymectomy rendered ineffective the immunopotentiating influence of adipectomy on this disease , as demonstrated in thymo-adipectomized rats , it was concluded that the brown adipose tissue is a naturalantagonist of the thymus in cell-mediated immunity .
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thymectomy
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thymus