ORIGINAL PAPER <br> The effect of monosodium glutamate on the apoptosis of rat thymocytes and Bcl-2 protein expression
Introduction: Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid widely spread in modern nutrition. Numerous recent studies have shown the existance of glutamic receptors on different non-neuronal cells, which among others also include lymphocytes and thymocytes. However, it has not yet...
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Language: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2006-03-01
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Series: | Archives of Medical Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.termedia.pl/magazine.php?magazine_id=19&article_id=5699&magazine_subpage=FULL_TEXT |