A quantitative study of the mechanisms behind thymic atrophy in gαi2-deficient mice during colitis development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Elgbratt, Kristina ^a   Jansson, Andreas ^b   Hultgren Hörnquist, Elisabeth ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA I2 SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; T CELL RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GNAI2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTION; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; ANIMAL; ATROPHY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; THYMUS;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ATROPHY; COLITIS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT, GI2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84861002198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036726     Document Type: Article

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