Identification of cells secreting a thymostimulin-like substance and examination of some histoenzymatic pathways in aging avian primary lymphatic organs: II. Bursa of Fabricius

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-338

  Mazzone, A M ^a   Aita, M ^a   Gabrielli, F ^a   Moriconi, E ^a   De Orsi, D ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Avian lymphatic organs; Bursa of Fabricius; Histoenzymology; Thymostimulin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMOSTIMULIN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BURSA FABRICII; CELL SECRETION; CHICKEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOWL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0347419944     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/843     Document Type: Article

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