Effect of prenatal steroid treatment on the developing immune system

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1293-1302

  Diepenbruck, Ines ^a   Much, Chressen C ^a   Krumbholz, Aniko ^b   Kolster, Manuela ^a   Thieme, René ^a   Thieme, Detlef ^b   Diepenbruck, Silke ^c   Solano, M Emilia ^a   Arck, Petra C ^a   Tolosa, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Institute of Doping Analysis and Sports Biochemistry   (Germany)

^c CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Betamethasone; Pregnancy; Prenatal steroids; Thymocyte development; Thymus

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROGENY; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FETUS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84888639821     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-013-1069-2     Document Type: Article

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