Estrogen-receptor expression and function in thymocytes in relation to gender and age

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-285

  Kohen, F ^a   Abel, L ^a   Sharp, A ^a   Amir Zaltsman, Y ^a   Somjen D ^b   Luria, S ^c   Mor, G ^a   Knyszynski, A ^a   Thole, H ^d   Globerson, A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogen receptor; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CREATINE KINASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; DEVELOPMENT; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENDER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13044258904     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/62380     Document Type: Article

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