Gonadectomy impairs lymphocyte proliferation and macrophage function in male and female rats. Correlation with key enzyme activities of glucose and glutamine metabolism

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-298

  De Azevedo, Ricardo B ^a   Costa Rosa, Luiz F B P ^b   Lacava, Zulmira G M ^a   Curi, Rui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glucose and glutamine; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Sex steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; HEXOKINASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROGESTERONE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GONADECTOMY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONCANAVALIN A; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA;

EID: 0030668589     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0844(199712)15:4<293::AID-CBF755>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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