The estrogen-injected female mouse: new insight into the etiology of PCOS [PDF]
Background Female mice and rats injected with estrogen perinatally become anovulatory and develop follicular cysts. The current consensus is that this adverse response to estrogen involves the hypothalamus and occurs because of an estrogen-induced ...
Freeh Steven M +3 more
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Common immunophenotypic features of submandibular salivary glands and thymus in rats [PDF]
Introduction. Submandibular salivary gland is a part of the neuro-immune-endocrine system. It contains biological factors which regulate a number of functions in the body including the modulation of thymus function. Objective. The aim of the study was
Dožić Ivan +2 more
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Minimally invasive techniques in thymic surgery (review of literature)
We carried out the systematic review of the domestic and foreign literature focusing on surgical treatment of patients with thymic pathology. Special attention was paid to the discussion of the advantages of minimally invasive surgery, particularly ...
O. V. Pikin +3 more
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Role of different imaging modalities in the evaluation of normal and diseased thymus
Background The appearance of the thymus on imaging studies showed great variability. Thymus imaging is a great challenge. This cross-sectional prospective study investigated the diagnostic value of different imaging modalities in the evaluation of normal
S. A. Hussein +4 more
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Anatomical and histological study on thymus development in the embryo and adult mice
Background: The thymus is the location of T cell development, where lymphoid precursors mature and are exported to the periphery through a sequence of interactions with the thymic epithelium.
Dorreia AbdAllah M. Zaghloul +3 more
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Microbial lysate upregulates host oxytocin [PDF]
Neuropeptide hormone oxytocin has roles in social bonding, energy metabolism, and wound healing contributing to good physical, mental and social health. It was previously shown that feeding of a human commensal microbe Lactobacillus reuteri (L.
Alm, Eric J. +13 more
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Morphology and histology of the thymus gland in dromedary camel with particular reference to thymic Hassall's corpuscles [PDF]
The thymus gland is the primary lymphoid organ that undergoes postnatal growth followed by gradual atrophies and functional decline with age progress.
Saeed Y. Al-Ramadan
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Murine terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase: cellular distribution and response to cortisone [PDF]
The mouse thymus contains two forms of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) which are distinguishable by the salt concentration necessary to elute them from a phosphocellulose column, by their distrubtion among the thymocyte subpopulations, and by
Baltimore, David +3 more
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Ninety-day oral toxicity studies on two genetically modified maize MON810 varieties in Wistar Han RCC rats (EU 7th Framework Programme project GRACE) [PDF]
The GMO Risk Assessment and Communication of Evidence (GRACE; www.grace-fp7.eu) project is funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme.
Ambrušová, Katarína +9 more
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Evolutionary aspects of thymology in pediatric practice
The thymus is now considered a derivative of the immune system being, to greater extent, its central organ. Immunodeficiency states and immune dysregulation also depend on the quality of the thymus, which may be determined both genetically and by ...
Yu. I. Rovda +7 more
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