Cholecystokinin, acting through the A receptor subtype, stimulates the proliferative activity of adrenocortical cells and thymocytes in the rat

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 439-443

  Nussdorfer, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Cell proliferation; Cholecystokinin; Cholecystokinin receptors; Rat; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLECYSTOKININ A RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHOLECYSTOKININ; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CHOLECYSTOKININ A; RECEPTORS, CHOLECYSTOKININ; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032956736     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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