Immune up-regulation and tumor apoptosis by androstene steroids

Steroids

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 953-966

  Loria, Roger M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstenediol; Androstenetriol; Apoptosis; Immune regulation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENETRIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5 ANDROSTENE 3,7,17 TRIOL; 5-ANDROSTENE-3,7,17-TRIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PRASTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; COXSACKIE VIRUS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROVIRUS; GAMMA RADIATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; UPREGULATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXSACKIEVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HERPESVIRIDAE; KLEBSIELLA; MURINAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA VIRUSES;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENOLS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; GAMMA RAYS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0036887794     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(02)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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