Endogenous glucocorticoids induced by a chemical stressor (ethanol) cause apoptosis in the spleen in B6C3F1 female mice

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 176-182

  Collier, Stephanie D ^a   Wu, Wen Jun ^a   Pruett, Stephen B ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; STRESS; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0031929367     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8324     Document Type: Article

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