Relevance of major histocompatibility complex class II expression as a hallmark for the cellular differentiation in the human adrenal cortex

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3136-3140

  Marx, Christian ^a   Bornstein, Stefan R ^a,d   Wolkersdörfer, Gernot W ^a   Peter, Michael ^b   Sippell, Wolfgang G ^b   Scherbaum, Werner A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CHILD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULUM CELL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 0030963622     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.9.3136     Document Type: Article

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