Chronic α 1 -adrenoreceptor blockade produces age-dependent changes in rat thymus structure and thymocyte differentiation

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 833-841

  Plećaš Soloravić, Bosiljka ^a   Hristic Zivkovi I ^a   Radojevic K ^b   Kosec, D ^b   Leposaviic G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Inst of Immunol and Virol Torlak   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Rat; Thymocyte development; Thymus structure; Urapidil; 1 adrenoceptor blockade

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; URAPIDIL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; AGE; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PIPERAZINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 21744442797     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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