The invention belongs to the technical field of
experimental animal models, biomedical research and
immunology, and discloses a photocoagulation thymus
ischemia animal model, a method and application of the photocoagulation thymus
ischemia animal model in rapid
simulation of thymus degeneration and immune
senescence, and the model shows at least one or more characteristics 1-7 days after induction: thymus
atrophy, thymus weight or thymus index is significantly reduced; the cortical-medullary structure of thymus is disordered or disappears; the expression distribution of the
Keratin 5 /
Keratin 8 is abnormal; thymic
cell apoptosis is increased, and
lipid deposition is enhanced; the proportion of CD4 + CD8 + double positive T cells is reduced, and the proportion of DN2 / DN3 stage T cells is increased; the initial
T cell output is reduced; and the immune function is reduced. The
pathological mechanism is clear; the modeling period is short, and the immune
senescence phenotype can be stably obtained within several days; the injury focus is controllable, and systemic stress or
hormone interference is avoided; the model has high
repeatability and is suitable for mechanism research and
drug screening.