Morphofunctional evaluation of thymus in hyperglycemic-hypoinsulinemic mice during dermatophytic infection

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-40

  Venturini, James ^a   Golim, Marjorie A ^a   Alvares, Anuska M ^a,b   Locachevic, Gisele A ^a   Arruda, Olavo S ^a   Arruda, Maria S P ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Dermatophytosis; Experimental diabetes; T lymphocytes subsets; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ALLOXAN; ANIMALS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, OBESE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 79955029461     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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