Hormonal function and proliferative activity of thymic cells in humans: Immunocytochemical correlations

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 263-268

  Kvetnoy, Igor M ^a   Polyakova, Victoria O ^b   Trofimov, Alexander V ^b   Yuzhakov, Vadim V ^c   Yarilin, Alexander A ^d   Kurilets, Emma S ^c   Mikhina, Ludmila N ^c   Sharova, Nina I ^d   Nikonova, Maria F ^d  

^a D O OTT RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^b Saint Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology   (Russian Federation)

^c MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Epithelial cells; Hormone' expression; Immunocytochemistry; Proliferation of thymocytes; Thymus

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GASTRIN; GLUCAGON; HISTAMINE; HORMONE ANTIBODY; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PROLYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0042286441     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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