Accelerated maturation of the thymic stroma in the progeny of adrenalectomized pregnant rats

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 23-30

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Glucocorticoids; Laminin; Macrophages; Thymic epithelium

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; LAMININ;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; THYMUS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LAMININ; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032967398     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026360     Document Type: Article

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