Developmental shift in TcR-mediated rescue of thymocytes from glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis

Immunobiology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-50

  Pálinkás, László ^a   Talabér, Gergely ^a   Boldizsár, Ferenc ^a   Bartis, Domokos ^a   Németh, Péter ^a   Berki, Timea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Double positive (DP) thymocytes; Glucocorticoid hormone (GC); Glucocorticoid receptor (GR); Mutual antagonism

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIBODY; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROTEIN BCL 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; STIMULATION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 38149042709     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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