Estrogen blocks early T cell development in the thymus

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 269-277

  Rijhsinghani, Asha G ^a,b   Thompson, Kristin ^a   Bhatia, Sudershan K ^a   Waldschmidt, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hormones; Sex steroids; T cell development; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

EID: 0029805864     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00176.x     Document Type: Article

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