Differential effects of dexamethasone on the thymus and spleen: alterations in programmed cell death, lymphocyte subsets and activation of T cells

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 55-66

  Ansar Ahmed, S ^a   Sriranganathan, N ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Lymphocyte subset; Spleen; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AZIUM SP; CD3 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; HERMES ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD44; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; APOPTOSIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; SPLEEN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0028286258     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(94)90039-6     Document Type: Article

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