Testosterone suppresses anti-DNA antibody production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1703-1711

  Kanda, Naoko ^a,c   Tsuchida, Tetsuya ^b   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; EPITESTOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 6; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030808460     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400921     Document Type: Article

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