Differential effects of sex steroids on T and B cells: Modulation of cell cycle phase distribution, apoptosis and bcl-2 protein levels

Pathobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-58

  Mcmurray, Robert W ^a,b,c   Suwannaroj, Siraphop ^a   Ndebele, Kenneth ^a   Jenkins, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rheumatology Section   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; B lymphocytes; Cell cycle; Steroid hormones; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSTASIS; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAJI CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; ESTROGENS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; PROGESTERONE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0034774990     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048757     Document Type: Article

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