Sex steroid hormones enhance immune function in male and female Siberian hamsters

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 1 49-1, 2001, Pages

  Bilbo, Staci D ^a,b   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin G; Lipopolysaccharide; Phodopus sungorus; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIBODY; ESTRADIOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035008380     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.1.r207     Document Type: Article

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