Sex steroid modulation of thymic hormone production in thymus epithelial cell culture

Pathophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-174

  He, Wei ^a   Sakabe, Kou ^a   Sakai, Norie ^a   Seiki, Kanji ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

High performance liquid chromatography; In situ hybridization; Sex hormones; Thymosin alpha 1; Thymus epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

5BETA ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE; THYMOSIN ALPHA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0030245693     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-4680(96)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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