Natural and environmental oestrogens increase expression of SS-A/Ro autoantigen in the salivary gland of ovariectomized immature rats

Pathophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 231-236

  Sakabe, Kou ^a   Onoe, Mariko ^a   Okuma, Masahiko ^a   Yoshida, Takahiko ^b   Aikawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Kinoue, Takaaki ^b   Kayama, Fujio ^c  

^a Department of Morphology   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Endocrine disrupters; Environmental oestrogens; Salivary gland; SS A Ro autoantigens

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AUTOANTIGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GENISTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLASTIC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0033976899     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4680(99)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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