Immunoreactive POMC-derived peptides and cytokines in the chicken thymus and bursa of Fabricius microenvironments: Age-related changes

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 685-692

  Franchini, A ^a   Ottaviani, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bursa of Fabricius; Cytokines; Gallus domesticus; Immunocytochemistry; Pro opiomelanocortin derived peptides; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; PEPTIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTAFFIN CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BURSA FABRICII; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HATCHING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERDIGITATING CELL; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUCOUS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULUM CELL; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CHICKENS; CYTOKINES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032770277     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1999.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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