Glucocorticoids stimulate protein degradation in lymphocytes: A possible mechanism of steroid-induced cell death

Endocrinology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1980, Pages 1512-1524

  MacDonald, Richard G ^a   Martin, Thomas P ^a   Cidlowski, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTISONE; CORTODOXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CELL DEATH; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUCINE H 3; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; PHENYLALANINE H 3; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IN VITRO; KINETICS; LEUCINE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEINS; RATS; SPLEEN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0018965591     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-107-5-1512     Document Type: Article

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