The accumulation of the lymphocyte-like cells in the bone marrow which occurs normally during regeneration from total body irradiation was suppressed by the corticosteroid prednisone. This suppression was followed by a decrease in the numbers of the erythroid and the myeloid cells, indicating that the lymphocyte-like cells play a role in the recovery of these cells, probably by acting as stem cells.
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