Pancreatic hormone expression in the murine thymus: Localization in dendritic cells and macrophages

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2399-2406

  Throsby, Mark ^a   Homo Delarche, Françoise ^a   Chevenne, Didier ^b   Goya, Rodolfo ^c   Dardenne, Mireille ^a   Pleau, Jean Marie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANCREAS HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS;

EID: 0031761991     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.5.5989     Document Type: Article

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