Characterization of the spontaneous apoptosis of rat thymocytes in vitro

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 230-237

  Rinner, I ^a   Felsner, P ^a   Hofer, D ^a   Schauenstein, K ^a   Globerson, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Glucocorticoid; Rat; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MIFEPRISTONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0029856396     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237372     Document Type: Article

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