Growth hormone and its receptor are expressed in human thymic cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3837-3842

  De Mello Coelho, Valeria ^a,b,e   Gagnerault, Marie Claude ^b   Souberbielle, Jean Claude ^a   Strasburger, Christian J ^d   Savino, Wilson ^c   Dardenne, Mireille ^b   Postel Vinay, Marie Catherine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Brazilian Research Council

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0031729975     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.9.6199     Document Type: Article

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