Morphological restoration of gonadotrope population by thymulin gene therapy in nude mice

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 729-735

  Reggiani, Paula ^a,d   Martines, Eliana ^a,c   Ferese, Celia ^b   Goya, Rodolfo ^d   Cónsole, Gloria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Adventista del Plata   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hupophysiotropic activity; Nude mice; Pituitary gonadal axis; Rad FTS; Thymulin gene therapy

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYMULIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYMUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; GONADOTROPHS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYMIC FACTOR, CIRCULATING; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 67650264531     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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