Publisher: Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN: 1475-2662|86|5|545-548
ISSN: 0007-1145
Source: British Journal of Nutrition, Vol.86, Iss.5, 2001-11, pp. : 545-548
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Abstract
Severe malnutrition is widely distributed throughout the world, showing a high prevalence in developing countries. Experimental animal models have been useful to study the effects of malnutrition at different levels and ages. Apoptosis is a well recognised process of cell death occurring under several physiological and pathological conditions. It represents the principal mechanism involved in cell selection in the thymus. Thymocyte apoptosis induction by dexamethasone is one of the best characterised experimental models of programmed cell death. The aim of the present study was to determine whether severe malnutrition increased spontaneous and/or dexamethasone-induced apoptosis
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