Massive lymphocyte apoptosis in the thymus of functionally deficient TrkB mice

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 25-34

  Garcia Suarez, O ^a,b   Blanco Gelaz, M A ^c   Lopez, M L ^d   Germana, A ^a   Cabo, R ^e   Diaz Esnal B ^b   Silos Santiago, I ^f   Ciriaco, E ^a,g   Vega, J A ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^f MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^h Faculty de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Functionally deficient TrkB mice; Thymus; TrkB neurotrophin receptor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036347061     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(02)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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