Effect of pinealectomy and melatonin on IL-7 expression of rat thymic epithelial cells

Acta Anatomica Sinica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 901-905

  Huang, Yun Mei ^a   Liu, Hui ^b   Wei, Jian En ^b   Lin, Jin ^b   Zhou, Rui Xiang ^b  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

IL 7; Immunohistochemistry; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Rat; RT PCR; Thymic epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 7; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 60349093198     PISSN: 05291356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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