Role of thymulin on the somatotropic axis in vivo

Life Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 166-171

  Reggiani, Paula C ^a,c   Martines, Eliana V ^a,b   Camihort, Gisela A ^a   Poch, Brenda ^a,c   Goya, Rodolfo G ^a,c   Cónsole, Gloria M ^a,d  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Adventista del Plata   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

^d Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

RAd FTS; Thymulin gene therapy; Thymulin immunoneutralization; Thymus somatotropic

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; THYMULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; RABBITS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYMIC FACTOR, CIRCULATING; THYMUS GLAND; WEIGHT GAIN;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84865218355     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.06.037     Document Type: Article

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