Prolactin and early T-cell development in embryonic chicken.
Currently, the information available on the ontogeny of the immune-neuroendocrine network is somewhat scant. However, increasing data suggest a role for prolactin, an important immunoregulatory molecule that resembles cytokines, in early T-cell development. In this article, Javier Moreno and colleagues present evidence for this role using the chicken embryo as a model system.
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Dept of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
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D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002642:Chick Embryo / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology*
D011388:Prolactin