Impairment of rat thymocyte differentiation and functions by neonatal capsaicin treatment is associated with induction of apoptosis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-46

  Santoni, G ^a   Perfumi, M C ^a   Pompei, P ^a   Spreghini, E ^a   Lucciarini, R ^a   Martarelli, D ^a   Staffolani, M ^a   Piccoli, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Capsaicin; In Vivo Animal Models; Neuroimmunology; Thymocyte proliferation; Thymocyte subsets

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD5; ANTIGENS, CD8; APOPTOSIS; CAPSAICIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; MALE; MITOGENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033974369     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(99)00249-0     Document Type: Article

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