Neonatal testosterone imprinting affects thymus development and leads to phenotypic rejuvenation and masculinization of the peripheral blood T-cell compartment in adult female rats

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-304

  Leposavić, Gordana ^a,b   Perišić, Milica ^a   Kosec, Duško ^a   Arsenović Ranin, Nevena ^b   Radojević, Katarina ^a   Stojić Vukanić, Zorica ^b   Pilipović, Ivan ^a  

^a Immunology Research Center Belgrade   (Yugoslavia)

^b Faculty of Pharmacy   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Neonatal androgenization; Peripheral blood T lymphocytes; Recent thymic emigrants; T cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; THY 1 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INVOLUTION; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REJUVENATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; VIRILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, THY-1; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TESTOSTERONE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 58749102933     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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