Sodium methyldithiocarbamate causes thymic atrophy by an indirect mechanism of corticosterone up-regulation

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-106

  Myers, L Peyton ^a   Fan, Ruping ^a   Zheng, Qiang ^a   Pruett, Stephen B ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Dithiocarbamates; Metam; Sodium methyldithiocarbamate; Thymocytes; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; PESTICIDE; SODIUM METHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTOXICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; STRESS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28244438006     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 1547691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476910591006673     Document Type: Article

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