Article
Spontaneous apoptosis in human thymocytes.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Aug 1995
Tiso M, Gangemi R, Bargellesi Severi A, Pizzolitto S, Fabbi M, Risso A
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis seems to be involved in different stages of immune cell development. In particular, experimental evidence suggests that it is a major form of cell death in the thymus. The present analysis of human thymocytes reveals that a fraction of these cells, cultured in vitro, undergoes spontaneo...
Topics
- Apoptosis
- Child, Preschool
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Lymphocyte Subsets
- Microscopy, Electron
- Oxygen Consumption
- Phenotype
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
- Stimulation, Chemical
- Thymus Gland