Accelerated thymus involution in magnesium-deficient rats is related to enhanced apoptosis and sensitivity to oxidative stress

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 405-411

  Malpuech Brugère, Corinne ^a   Nowacki, Wojciech ^b   Gueux, Elyett ^a   Kuryszko, Jan ^b   Rock, Edmond ^a   Rayssiguier, Yves ^a   Mazur, Andrzej ^a  

^a CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Magnesium deficiency; Thymus involution

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INVOLUTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RETICULUM CELL; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 0032969717     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114599000690     Document Type: Article

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