T lymphocytes are not the target for estradiol-mediated suppression of DTH in reconstituted female severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-153

  Taube, M ^a   Svensson, L ^a   Carlsten, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DTH; Macrophages; Oestrogen; SCID mice; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OXAZOLONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, SCID; OXAZOLONE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031790049     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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