Thymocyte apoptosis induced by T cell activation is mediated by glucocorticoids in vivo

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1837-1843

  Brewer, Judson A ^a   Kanagawa, Osami ^a   Sleckman, Barry P ^a   Muglia, Louis J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; FETUS LUNG; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0037103223     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.4.1837     Document Type: Article

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