NOD mice are resistant to depletion of thymic cells caused by acute stress or infection

Autoimmunity

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-280

  Martins, Teresa C ^a   Águas, Artur P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Lymphocyte differentiation; Lymphocytes; Mycobacterium avium; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0032962834     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939908994747     Document Type: Article

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