Enhanced DNA fragmentation in the thymus of spontaneously hypertensive rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 6 45-6, 1999, Pages

  Suzuki, Hidekazu ^b   Delano, Frank A ^d   Jamshidi, Neema ^d   Katz, Dan ^d   Mori, Mikiji ^b   Kosaki, Kenjiro ^d   Gottlieb, Roberta A ^a   Ishii, Hiromasa ^b   Schmid Schönbein, Geert W ^c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Apoptosis; Glucocorticoid; In situ deoxyribonucleic acid nick end labeling

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0033003017     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.6.h2135     Document Type: Article

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