Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist administration affects the thymopoiesis in adult female rats independently on gonadal hormone production

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-41

  Leposavić, Gordana ^a,c   Pekić, Sandra ^b   Kosec, Duško ^c  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^c Immunology Research Center Belgrade   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Distribution of thymocyte subsets; GnRH agonist chronic treatment; Thymic cellularity

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; SEX HORMONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 13844266205     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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