Differential effects of male and female gonadal hormones on the intrathymic T cell maturation

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 305-317

  Pejcic Karapetrovic B ^a   Kosec, D ^a   Leposavic G ^a  

^a Immunology Research Center Belgrade   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Adult rats; Gonadectomy; Sexual dimorphism; Thymocyte maturation; Thymus cellularity; Thymus size

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; SEX HORMONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035667613     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2001/52789     Document Type: Article

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