Role of prolactin and growth hormone on thymus physiology

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 317-323

  De Mello Coelho, Valéria ^b   Savino, Wilson ^c   Postel Vinay, Marie Catherine ^b   Dardenne, Mireille ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Prolactin; Thymic epithelial cells; Thymic hormone; Thymocyte differentiation; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKERATIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; THYMULIN;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPITHELIUM CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPLASIA; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031740585     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/89782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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