In vivo resistance to glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis in rat thymocytes with normal steroid receptor function in vitro

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 810-818

  Oldenburg, Nicklas B E ^a,b   Evans Storms, Rosemary B ^a   Cidlowski, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LYSINE; PROTEIN BCL 2; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0031040057     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.2.4912     Document Type: Article

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