Thymosin α1 is a time and dose-dependent antagonist of dexamethasone-induced apoptosis of murine thymocytes in vitro

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1057-1066

  Baumann, Christian A ^a   Badamchian, Mahnaz ^a   Goldstein, Allan L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Thymocyte apoptosis; Thymocyte maturation; Thymosin; Thymosin 1

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RECEPTOR; THYMOSIN ALPHA1; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DNA FRAGMENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; THYMOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOSIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034353201     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(00)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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