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Prepubertal castration alters the phenotypic profile of adult rat thymocytes.
Neuroimmunomodulation - 1 Jan 2000
Leposavic G, Karapetrovic B, Micic M, Kosec D
Abstract excerpt
To assess the gonadal influence on the maturation of the thymus, rats were orchidectomized at different periods critical for programming of both gonadal and immune functions, and the composition of the intrathymic thymocyte population was determined in adults by flow cytometric analysis of the surface phenotype. The relative proportion of thymocytes expressing CD4, CD8 and T cell receptor (TCR)alpha beta was...
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