Thymic involution correlates with severe ulcerative colitis induced by oral administration of dextran sulphate sodium in C57BL/6 mice but not in BALB/c mice

Inflammation

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 319-328

  Sasaki, Shin ^a   Ishida, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nishio, Naomi ^a   Ito, Sachiko ^a   Isobe, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DSS; Thymus; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN SULFATE; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STARVATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; DEXTRAN SULFATE; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIFEPRISTONE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS;

EID: 53249151608     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-008-9081-3     Document Type: Article

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