NGF overexpression and distribution in cortical thymic epithelial cells of mice with experimentally-induced leukemia

In Vivo

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-264

  Marinova, Tsevetana Tsankova ^a   Markova, M ^a   Aloe, L ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell complexes; Leukemia; NGF; Thymus

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ROSETTE FORMATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 33645770759     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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