Cyclosporine-A treatment inhibits the expression of metabotropic glutamate receptors in rat thymus

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-87

  Rezzani, Rita ^a   Corsetti, Giovanni ^a   Rodella, Luigi ^a   Angoscini, Paola ^a   Lonati, Claudio ^a   Bianchi, Rossella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine A; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Rats; Thymus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY;

METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CYCLOSPORIN A; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037223543     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00688     Document Type: Article

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