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[Role of chorionic gonadotropin in the differentiation of thymocytes].
Ontogenez - 1 Jan 2000
Kuklina E M, Shirshev S V, Sharova N I, Iarilin A A
Abstract excerpt
The effects of chorionic gonadotropin, a basic hormone of pregnancy, on the differentiation of the human thymocytes were studied. The hormone does not affect the phenotype as determined by expression of the membrane molecules CD3, CD4, CD8 and functional activity of intrathymic pre-T-lymphocytes, but stimulates production of autocrine growth factors by these cells. Cultivation of cortical thymocytes in the...
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