Morphological and immunohistochemical changes to thymic epithelial cells in the irradiated and recovering rat thymus

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-158

  Irifune, Tatsuya ^a   Tamechika, Masakatsu ^a   Adachi, Yasuhiro ^a   Tokuda, Nobuko ^a   Sawada, Tomoo ^a   Fukumoto, Tetsuo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P63;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRADIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 4644337004     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.67.149     Document Type: Article

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