Age-dependent remodeling of rat thymus. Morphological and cytofluorimetric analysis from birth up to one year of age

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-166

  Quaglino, Daniela ^a   Capri, Miriam ^a   Bergamini, Giovanna ^a   Euclidi, Emanuela ^a   Zecca, Luigi ^b   Franceschi, Claudio ^a   Ronchetti, Ivonne Pasquali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell death; FACS; Microscopy; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; INVOLUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031864388     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(98)80029-0     Document Type: Article

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