Estrogen induces thymic atrophy by eliminating early thymic progenitors and inhibiting proliferation of β-selected thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 176, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7371-7378

  Zoller, Allison L ^a   Kersh, Gilbert J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FLT3 LIGAND; RAG1 PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELL KILLING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INVOLUTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 33744927395     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.12.7371     Document Type: Article

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