Jawed vertebrates have developed an efficient adaptive immune system partly based on T lymphocytes. They develop in an evolutionarily conserved organ, the thymus. In mammals, endogenous oestrogens are well known to regulate thymus function and plasticity. The question is, therefore, whether this is also the case in lower vertebrates, such as teleosts. To achieve these aims, firstly the distribution of oestrogen receptor subtypes was investigated on the background of a detailed description of the functional anatomy of the thymic microenvironment. Secondly, thymic function- and T cell-related gene expression was analysed in the thymus, the head-kidney and the spleen of sea bass exposed to 17ß-oestradiol. Moreover, the oxidative burst capacity...
The thymus is the primary organ for functional T lymphocyte development in jawed vertebrates. A new ...
About 500 million years ago, a new type of adaptive immune defense emerged in basal jawed vertebrate...
Clinical and experimental evidence shows that estrogens affect immunity in mammals. Less is known ab...
Jawed vertebrates have developed an efficient adaptive immune system partly based on T lymphocytes. ...
In teleosts, as in mammals, the immune system is tightly regulated by sexual steroid hormones, such ...
In jawed vertebrates, the crosstalk between immune and endocrine system as well as many fundamental ...
The female sex steroid 17β-oestradiol (E2) is involved in the regulation of numerous physiological f...
The thymus is an important immune organ providing the necessary microenvironment for the development...
SummaryAbout 500 million years ago, a new type of adaptive immune defense emerged in basal jawed ver...
Thymus plasticity following gonadectomy or sex hormone replacement has long since exemplified sex ho...
15 pág.The thymus is present in all gnathostome vertebrates and is an essential organ for the adapti...
The thymus is the primary organ for functional T lymphocyte development in jawed vertebrates. A new ...
About 500 million years ago, a new type of adaptive immune defense emerged in basal jawed vertebrate...
Clinical and experimental evidence shows that estrogens affect immunity in mammals. Less is known ab...
Jawed vertebrates have developed an efficient adaptive immune system partly based on T lymphocytes. ...
In teleosts, as in mammals, the immune system is tightly regulated by sexual steroid hormones, such ...
In jawed vertebrates, the crosstalk between immune and endocrine system as well as many fundamental ...
The female sex steroid 17β-oestradiol (E2) is involved in the regulation of numerous physiological f...
The thymus is an important immune organ providing the necessary microenvironment for the development...
SummaryAbout 500 million years ago, a new type of adaptive immune defense emerged in basal jawed ver...
Thymus plasticity following gonadectomy or sex hormone replacement has long since exemplified sex ho...
15 pág.The thymus is present in all gnathostome vertebrates and is an essential organ for the adapti...
The thymus is the primary organ for functional T lymphocyte development in jawed vertebrates. A new ...
About 500 million years ago, a new type of adaptive immune defense emerged in basal jawed vertebrate...
Clinical and experimental evidence shows that estrogens affect immunity in mammals. Less is known ab...