Growth hormone increases the CD4/CD8 ratio in splenic lymphocytes in glucocorticoid-treated rats

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Dobashi, Hiroaki ^a,b   Sato, Makoto ^a   Tanaka, Terukazu ^a   Mitsunaka, Hiroki ^a   Yamaoka, Genji ^b   Tokuda, Michiaki ^a   Takahara, Jiro ^a  

^a First Dept of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid; Growth hormone; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0034062115     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.supplmarch_s29     Document Type: Article

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