Evidence for estradiol-induced apoptosis and dysregulated T cell maturation in the thymus

Toxicology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-62

  Okasha, Safwat A ^a   Ryu, Seongho ^a   Do, Yoonkyung ^a   McKallip, Rob J ^a   Nagarkatti, Mitzi ^a   Nagarkatti, Prakash S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Estrogen; Immunotoxicity; TCDD; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; HERMES ANTIGEN; LIPOCORTIN 5; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0035962678     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(01)00374-2     Document Type: Article

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