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Glucocorticoids, master modulators of the thymic catecholaminergic system?
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Mar 2010
Pilipović I, Kosec D, Radojević K, Perisić M, Pesić V, Stojić-Vukanić Z, Leposavi G
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There is evidence that the major mediators of stress, i.e., catecholamines and glucocorticoids, play an important role in modulating thymopoiesis and consequently immune responses. Furthermore, there are data suggesting that glucocorticoids influence catecholamine action. Therefore, to assess the putative relevance of glucocorticoid-catecholamine interplay in the modulation of thymopoiesis we analyzed thymocyte...
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