In vivo modulation of the distribution of thymocyte subsets by female sex steroid hormones

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Leposavić, Gordana ^a,b   Obradović, Sandra ^a   Kosec, Duško ^a   Pejčić Karapetrović, Branka ^a   Vidić Danković, Biljana ^a  

^a Torlak Institute   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Pharmacy   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Ovariectomy; Progesterone; Rat thymus; T cell maturation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EFFECTOR CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035127781     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(00)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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