Reduced thymocyte proliferation but not increased apoptosis as a possible cause of thymus atrophy in iron-deficient mice

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-162

  Kuvibidila, Solo R ^a   Porretta, Connie ^a   Surendra Baliga, B ^b   Leiva, Lily E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle analysis; Haemoglobin; Iron deficiency; Thymus atrophy

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; STAINING; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 0034891744     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/bjn2001366     Document Type: Article

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