Effects of long-term estrogen treatment on IFN-γ, IL-2 and IL-4 gene expression and protein synthesis in spleen and thymus of normal C57BL/6 mice

Cytokine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 208-217

  Karpuzoglu Sahin, E ^a   Zhi Jun, Y ^a   Lengi, A ^a   Sriranganathan, N ^a   Ansar Ahmed, S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Estrogen; IFN ; Splenic lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS;

EID: 0035926315     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2001.0876     Document Type: Article

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