Paracrine glucocorticoid activity produced by mouse thymic epithelial cells

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 893-901

  Pazirandeh, Ahmad ^a,b   Xue, Yintong ^b   Rafter, Ingalill ^a   Sjövall, Jan ^c   Jondal, Mikael ^b   Okret, Sam ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Paracrine signaling; Reporter cells; Steroid biosynthesis; Thymocyte development

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCOCORTICOID; METYRAPONE; MIFEPRISTONE; TRILOSTANE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPORTER GENE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0032896835     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.8.893     Document Type: Article

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