Thermal injury induces thymocyte apoptosis in the rat

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-148

  Nakanishi, Takeshi ^a   Nishi, Yasuaki ^a   Sato, Eisuke F ^a   Ishii, Masamitsu ^a   Hamada, Toshio ^a   Inoue, Masayasu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Glucocorticoid; Thermal injury; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTATHIONE; MIFEPRISTONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THERMAL INJURY; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0031929854     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199801000-00019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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