Glucocorticoid independence of acute thymic involution induced by lymphotoxin and estrogen.

doi:10.1006/cimm.1994.1038

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Glucocorticoid independence of acute thymic involution induced by lymphotoxin and estrogen.

Cellular immunology - 1 Feb 1994

Hirahara H, Ogawa M, Kimura M, Iiai T, Tsuchida M, Hanawa H, Watanabe H, Abo T

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Acute thymic involution is known to be induced under conditions of physical stress, bacterial infections, and malignancies. It is speculated that glucocorticoids, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and other factors may act as mediators for the thymic involution under such conditions. It was herein inv...

Topics

Animals
Atrophy
Estrogens
Hydrocortisone
Immune System
Liver
Lymphocyte Subsets
Lymphotoxin-alpha
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C3H
Phenotype
Spleen
Thymus Gland

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