Hydrocortisone increases the numbers of KL1+ cells, a discrete thymic epithelial cell subset characterized by high molecular weight cytokeratin expression

Endocrinology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 2557-2564

  Savino, Wilson ^a   Cirne Lima, Elizabeth O ^a   Soares, Jorge Fernando Teixeira ^a   Leite de Moraes, Maria do Carmo ^a   Ono, Ina Pires C ^a   Dardenne, Mireille ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYMULIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL STRAIN KL; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ATROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIUM; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KERATIN; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NZB; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; THYMIC FACTOR, CIRCULATING; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0023691950     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-123-5-2557     Document Type: Article

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