IL-1, ICAM-1, LFA-3, and hydrocortisone differentially regulate cytokine secretion by human fetal thymic epithelial cells

Thymus

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-99

  Shu, Shizhuang ^a   Naylor, Paul ^a   Touraine, Jean Louis ^a   Hadden, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibronectin; Interleukin; Secretion regulation; Thymic epithelial cells; Thymosin a; Thymulin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FIBRONECTIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 3; THYMOSIN ALPHA1;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

ANTIGENS, CD58; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FETUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-1; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029929544     PISSN: 01656090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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