Increased Leptin Response and Inhibition of Apoptosis in Thymocytes of Young Rats Offspring from Protein Deprived Dams during Lactation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  da Silva, Simone Vargas ^a   Salama, Carolina ^a   Renovato Martins, Mariana ^a   Helal Neto, Edward ^a   Citelli, Marta ^a   Savino, Wilson ^b   Barja Fidalgo, Christina ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CORTICOSTERONE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS INHIBITION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTATION; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OB GENE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RAT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; JANUS KINASE 2; LACTATION; LEPTIN; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RATS; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84877608948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064220     Document Type: Article

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