Sex hormones and the thymus in relation to thymocyte proliferation and maturation

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-38

  Seiki, Kanji ^a   Sakabe, Kou ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEX HORMONE; THYMOSIN ALPHA1; THYMULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

EID: 0031004975     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.60.29     Document Type: Review

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