Gender, age and microbial status influence upon intestinal cell kinetics in a compartmentalized manner: An experimental study in germfree and conventional rats

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 208-218

  Banasaz, M ^a   Alam, M ^a,b   Norin, E ^a   Midtvedt, T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BIRDEM Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Age; Cell kinetics; Gastrointestinal tract; Gender; Germfree; Normal flora

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; VINCRISTINE;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL KINETICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE VILLUS; MALE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS INDEX; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034501005     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600050216192     Document Type: Article

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