In vivo induction of apoptosis in the thymus by administration of mycobacterial cord factor (trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate)

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1793-1799

  Ozeki, Yuriko ^a   Kaneda, Kenji ^a   Fujiwara, Nagatoshi ^a   Morimoto, Misayo ^a   Oka, Shiro ^a   Yano, Ikuya ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORD FACTOR; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG GRANULOMA; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 0030900578     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.5.1793-1799.1997     Document Type: Article

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