Influence of atrial natriuretic peptide on thymocyte development in fetal thymic organ culture

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 90-96

  Vollmar, Angelika M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Natriuretic peptides; Thymopoesis; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; STEM CELL; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CELL AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030798987     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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