The thymus gland is a target in malnutrition

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue , 2002, Pages S46-S49

  Savino, W ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Glucocorticoid hormones; Malnutrition; Thymic epithelium; Thymocytes; Thymulin; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; FIBRONECTIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LAMININ; LEPTIN; METAL; PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; THYMUS HORMONE; VITAMIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALNUTRITION; MICROENVIRONMENT; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEUROSECRETION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONECTINS; HUMAN; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036046261     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601485     Document Type: Article

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