Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) is a possible target for dexamethasone in thymocyte apoptosis

Cell Biology International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 127-132

  Wisniewska, Marta ^a   Stanczyk, Magdalena ^a   Grzelakowska Sztabert, Barbara ^a   Kaminska, Bozena ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

AP 1; Glucocorticoids; NFAT; Programmed cell death; Thymus; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAVEN; LYMPHOKINE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0031105727     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1996.0124     Document Type: Article

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