Cyclical expression of GnRH and GnRH receptor mRNA in lymphoid organs

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-125

  Jacobson, Jill D ^a   Crofford, Leslie J ^b   Sun, Lihua ^a   Wilder, Ronald L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal steroids; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor; Molecular neuroendocrinology; Neuroimmune interactions; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; METESTRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; PERIODICITY; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031961915     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054306     Document Type: Article

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