Morphological and immunohistochemical characterization of the thymus in juvenile turbot (Psetta maxima, L.)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 346, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-416

  Vigliano, Fabricio Andrés ^a   Losada, Ana Paula ^b   Castello, Marta ^c   Bermúdez, Roberto ^b   Quiroga, María Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Aquarium Finisterrae   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neuropeptides; Psetta maxima; Reticulo epithelial cells; T cell marker; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOBLAST; MACROPHAGE; MUCOUS CELL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSETTA MAXIMA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TURBOT; ANIMAL; FLATFISH; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS;

ANIMALS; FLATFISHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84856690259     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1282-7     Document Type: Article

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