Abstract
We studied the formation of proliferative response of thymic lymphocytes to T-cell mitogen in rats exposed to endocrine disrupter DDT during prenatal and postnatal ontogeny. Developmental exposure to the endocrine disruptor was found to attenuate proliferative response during puberty and adulthood due to maintenance of higher proliferation rate of thymic lymphocytes in comparison with age-matched controls. Insufficient proliferative response to mitogens in rats developmentally exposed to the endocrine disrupter increases the risk of impairment of cell-mediated reactions of adaptive immunity.
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