Glucocorticoid production in the chicken bursa and thymus

International Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 769-776

  Lechner, Oskar ^a,b   Dietrich, Hermann ^a   Wiegers, G Jan ^a   Vacchio, Melanie ^c   Wick, Georg ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Institute for General and Experimental Pathology   (Austria)

Author keywords

B cell development; Ectopic steroidogenesis; T cell development

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MATURATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SELECTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SYNOVIAL BURSA; T LYMPHOCYTE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THYMUS;

EID: 0034986034     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/13.6.769     Document Type: Article

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