Estrogen inhibits fetal thymocyte development in vitro

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 384-390

  Rijhsinghani, Asha ^a,b   Bhatia, Sudershan K ^a   Kantamneni, Lakshmi ^a   Schlueter, Annette ^a   Waldschmidt, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Fetal thymic organ culture; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; ESTROGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0030925801     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00248.x     Document Type: Article

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