Thymic nurse cells as the site of thymocyte apoptosis and apoptotic cell clearance in the thymus of cyclophosphamide-treated mice

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-201

  Hiramine, Chiharu ^a   Nakagawa, Toshitaka ^a   Miyauchi, Akimitsu ^a   Hojo, Kenji ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLEARANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYSOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; APOPTOSIS; CELL SEPARATION; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPITHELIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHAGOCYTOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; VACUOLES;

EID: 0029741825     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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