Immune function in transgenic mice overexpressing growth hormone (GH) releasing hormone, GH or GH antagonist

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 178-183

  Dialynas, Emmanuel ^a   Brown Borg, Holly ^b   Bartke, Andrzej ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GROWTH HORMONE DERIVATIVE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KILLER CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MITOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033015843     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1373.1999.d01-73.x     Document Type: Article

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