hematopoietic system
• thymic cellularity reduced to 1/8 normal
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• most thymocytes are double negative
• a lower percentage of double negative stage 4 cells (DN4) and increase in DN3 cells
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• only moderate reductions in mature T cells in spleen and lymph nodes
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• absolute numbers of double positive cells reduced
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immune system
• thymic cellularity reduced to 1/8 normal
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• most thymocytes are double negative
• a lower percentage of double negative stage 4 cells (DN4) and increase in DN3 cells
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• only moderate reductions in mature T cells in spleen and lymph nodes
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• absolute numbers of double positive cells reduced
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• lymph nodes reduced 50%
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• thymic cellularity reduced to 1/8 normal
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