Neuroendocrine influence on thymic haematopoiesis via the reticulo-epithelial cellular network

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-72

  Bodey, Bela ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHLA   (United States)

^c Childrens Hospital Los Angeles ^*  (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin A; Androgen receptor; Eosinophilic cells; Erythropoietin; Granulocyte CSF; Granulocytopoiesis; Haematopoietic growth factor KL; Immunoneuroendocrine regulation; Leukaemia inhibitory factor; Macrophage CSF; Major histocompatibility complex; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; THYMOTAXIN; PEPTIDE; STEROID;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HOMING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GRANULOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROENVIRONMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; RETICULUM CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; BONE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEPTIDES; STEROIDS;

EID: 0036480901     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.6.1.57     Document Type: Review

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