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Effects of sex steroids on thymic epithelium and thymocyte development

Sex steroid hormones have major effects on the thymus. Age-related increases in androgens and estrogens and pregnancy-induced increases in progestins all cause dramatic thymic atrophy. Atrophy can also be induced by treatment with exogenous sex steroids and reversed by ablation of endogenous sex ste...

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Autores principales: Taves, Matthew D., Ashwell, Jonathan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9478935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36119041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.975858