Glucocorticoids, master modulators of the thymic catecholaminergic system?

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-284

  Pilipovic I ^a   Kosec, D ^a   Radojevic K ^a   Perisic M ^a   Pesic V ^b   Stojic Vukanic Z ^b   Leposavic G ^a,b  

^a Inst of Immunol and Virol Torlak   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Glucocorticoids; Propranolol; Thymocyte apoptosis; Thymocyte differentiation; Thymocyte proliferation; Adrenoceptors

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77950135950     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2010007500005     Document Type: Article

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