Immunomodulatory effects of estrogen and progesterone replacement in a nonhuman primate model

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 263-269

  Attanasio, Roberta ^a   Gust, Deborah A ^b   Wilson, Mark E ^b   Meeker, Tracy ^b   Gordon, Thomas P ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; HRT; Immunomodulation; Rhesus macaques

Indexed keywords

CD69 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MACACA MULATTA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OVARY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0036748791     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019997821064     Document Type: Article

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