Intrathymic glucocorticoid production and thymocyte survival: Another piece in the puzzle

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2499-2500

  Cole, Timothy J ^a   Liddicoat, Douglas R ^a,b   Godfrey, Dale I ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; METYRAPONE; MIFEPRISTONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 18844366181     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0255     Document Type: Short Survey

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