The steroid hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)breaks intranasally induced tolerance, when administered at time of systemic immunization

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 19-25

  Wolvers, Danielle A W ^a   Bakker, Joost M ^a   Bagchus, Wilma M ^b   Kraal, Georg ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7 OH DHEA; Androstenetriol; DHEA; Intranasal tolerance; Ovalbumin

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; HORMONE PRECURSOR; OVALBUMIN; PRASTERONE; STEROID;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROID THERAPY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANDROSTENEDIOLS; ANDROSTENOLS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN;

EID: 0032516772     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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