Long-term β-adrenergic receptor blockade increases levels of the most mature thymocyte subsets in aged rats

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 674-686

  Pesic V ^a   Plecas Solarovic B ^a   Radojevic K ^b   Kosec, D ^b   Pilipovic I ^b   Perisic M ^b   Leposavic G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Immunology Research Center Belgrade   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

adrenoceptor blockade; Ageing; CD90 expression; Thymocyte differentiation maturation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CONCANAVALIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

AGED; AGING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANNEXINS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ANTIGENS, THY-1; ANTIMETABOLITES; APOPTOSIS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOCONJUGATES; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33947363946     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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