Effects of nicotine exposure on T cell development in fetal thymus organ culture: Arrest of T cell maturation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2915-2924

  Middlebrook, Aaron J ^a   Martina, Cherie ^a   Chang, Yung ^a   Lukas, Ronald J ^a   DeLuca, Dominick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECOMBINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0037105563     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.6.2915     Document Type: Article

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