Presence and testosterone influence on the levels of anti- and pro-inflammatory cytokines in lacrimal tissues of a mouse model of Sjögren's syndrome

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 438, Issue , 1998, Pages 485-491

  Rocha, Eduardo M ^a   Wickham, L Alexandra ^a   Huang, Zhiyan ^a   Toda, Ikuko ^a   Gao, Jianping ^a   Da Silveira, Lilia Aikawa ^a   Sullivan, David A ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; LACRIMAL DUCT; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKINS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031774697     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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