Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
T cells from thymus and spleen are able to transform the inactive metabolite 11-DHC into active corticosterone. Supernatants from overnight cultures of thymocytes (a) or sorted splenic CD4+ and CD8+ (b) cells either untreated (open bars) or treated with 11-DHC in the absence (black bars) or presence (gray bars) of GA were analyzed for corticosterone content by ELISA. Mean values±S.E.M. from at least three independent experiments are shown
