Toxic effects of d-galactose on thymus and spleen that resemble aging

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-173

  Uddin, Mohammad Nizam ^a   Nishio, Naomi ^a   Ito, Sachiko ^a   Suzuki, Haruhiko ^a   Isobe, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Autophagy; d galactose; Splenocyte; Thymic epithelial cell; Thymocyte

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 8; GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPLEEN; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TOXICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KERATIN-5; KERATIN-8; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS;

EID: 77954915953     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: 1547691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15476910903510806     Document Type: Article

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