Early maturation of T-cell progenitors in the absence of glucocorticoids

Blood

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2819-2826

  Sacedón, Rosa ^a   Vicente, Angeles ^a   Varas, Alberto ^a   Jiménez, Eva ^a   Muñoz, Juan José ^a   Zapata, Agustín G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS LIVER; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0032858450     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v94.8.2819.420k12_2819_2826     Document Type: Article

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