Secretory immune system of the male reproductive tract: effects of dihydrotestosterone and estradiol on IgA and secretory component levels

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 73-85

  Stern, Judy E ^a   Gardner, Susan ^a   Quirk, Daniel ^a   Wira, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; SECRETORY COMPONENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMAL; CASTRATION; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRADIOL; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SECRETORY COMPONENT; SEMINAL VESICLES; STANOLONE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0026561921     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0378(92)90007-Q     Document Type: Article

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