The effects of in vivo cyclosporin A administration on rat thymic dendritic cells.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2249.1994.tb06059.x

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The effects of in vivo cyclosporin A administration on rat thymic dendritic cells.

Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jun 1994

Damoiseaux J G, Beijleveld L J, van Breda Vriesman P J

Abstract excerpt

Cyclosporin A (CsA) induces a graft-versus-host-like disease (GVHD) in lethally irradiated Lewis rats reconstituted with syngeneic bone marrow. The role of the thymus in the generation of disease has been unequivocally established. It has been suggested that the CsA-induced disappearance of thymi...

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Animals
Antigens, Surface
Cyclosporine
Dendritic Cells
Female
Phenotype
Radiation Chimera
Rats
Rats, Inbred BN
Rats, Inbred Lew
Thymus Gland

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