Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone signaling at the lymphocyte involves stimulation of interleukin-2 receptor expression

Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 277-286

  Batticane, N ^a,b   Morale, M C ^a   Gallo, F ^a   Farinella, Z ^a   Marchetti, Bianca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GONADORELIN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0025787573     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-129-1-277     Document Type: Article

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