Activation of apoptosis as a mechanism of thymus involution during repeated immobilization.
Lymphopenia preceded involution of the thymus during daily immobilization for 1 h. Hypoplasia of the thymus was associated with induction of apoptosis.
Tseilikman
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South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia. vadimed@yandedex.ru
Sibiryak
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Tseilikman
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Bubnov
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Sinitskii
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Sysakov
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D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D008231:Lymphopenia / Q000209:etiology*; D051381:Rats; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology*