Inhibitory effect of natural and environmental estrogens on thymic hormone production in thymus epithelial cell culture

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 861-868

  Sakabe, Kou ^a   Okuma, Masahiko ^a   Karaki, Shino ^a   Matsuura, Shinsuke ^a   Yoshida, Takahiko ^a   Aikawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Izumi, Shun Ichiro ^a   Kayama, Fujio ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Environmental estrogen; Estrogen; Thymic hormone production; Thymus epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALPHA ZEARALENOL; COUMESTROL; ESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COUMESTROL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONES; PHENOLS; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; THYMOSIN; THYMUS GLAND; ZERANOL;

EID: 0032740403     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(99)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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