Transdermal estradiol in menopausal women depresses interleukin-6 without affecting other markers of immune response

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 114-117

  Saucedo, Renata ^a   Rico, Guadalupe ^a   Basurto, Lourdes ^a   Ochoa, Raquel ^a   Zárate, Arturo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Hospital de Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Hormone replacement therapy; IGF I; Interleukins; Prolactin; T cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ASSAY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MENOPAUSE; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036230480     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053005     Document Type: Article

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