Differential effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide and cyclosporine on thymus histophysiology

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-430

  De Waal, Eric J ^a   Schuurman, Henk Jan ^b   Van Loveren, Henk ^a   Vos, Joseph G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Preclinical Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Bis(tri n butyltin)oxide; Cyclosporine; Dendritic cells; Epithelial cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BIS(TRIBUTYLTIN) OXIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

CELL DEATH; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; THYMUS DISEASE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 0030788250     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408449709089900     Document Type: Review

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