Characterization of phenotypic alterations induced by 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on thymocytes in vivo and its effect on apoptosis

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-124

  Kamath, Arati B ^a   Nagarkatti, Prakash S ^b   Nagarkatti, Mitzi ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTANT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031808405     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8390     Document Type: Article

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