Human chorionic gonadotropin hormone prevents wasting syndrome and death in HIV-1 transgenic mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1484-1491

  De, Swapan K ^a   Wohlenberg, Charles R ^a   Marinos, Nancy J ^a   Doodnauth, Davanand ^a   Bryant, Joseph L ^a   Notkins, Abner Louis ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

dexamethasone; estrogen; gp 120; Nef; progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

EID: 0030939669     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119310     Document Type: Article

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