Neonatal castration affects intrathymic kinetics of T-cell differentiation and the spleen T-cell level

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 669-682

  Radojevic K ^a   Arsenovic Ranin N ^b   Kosec, D ^a   Pesic V ^b   Pilipovic I ^a   Perisic M ^a   Plecas Solarovic B ^b   Leposavic, Gordana ^a,b  

^a Immunology Research Center Belgrade   (Yugoslavia)

^b School of Pharmacy   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASTRATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL KINETICS; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCANAVALIN A; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TESTOSTERONE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33947399305     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.07019     Document Type: Article

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