Role of glucocorticoids in ethanol-induced decreases in expression of MHC class II molecules on B cells and selective decreases in spleen cell number

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-162

  Weiss, Paul A ^a   Collier, Stephanie D ^a   Pruett, Stephen B ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030200747     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0154     Document Type: Article

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