Antiglucocorticoid function of androstenetriol

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Loria, Roger M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstenediol; Androstenetriol; Antiglucocorticoid; Glucocorticoids; Immune regulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; PRASTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANDROSTENEDIOLS; ANDROSTENOLS; ANIMALS; CONCANAVALIN A; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-3; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGENS; SPLEEN; THYMIDINE;

EID: 0030770643     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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