Suppression of type II collagen-induced arthritis by the endogenous estrogen metabolite 2-methoxyestradiol

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 154-163

  Josefsson, Elisabet ^a,b   Tarkowski, Andrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYESTRADIOL; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; ESTRADIOL;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADS; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; JOINTS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 0031036011     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400120     Document Type: Article

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