Molecular mechanisms for gender differences in susceptibility to T cell-mediated autoimmune diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 5369-5375

  Bao, Min ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Jun, Hee Sook ^a   Yoon, Ji Won ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; SEX HORMONE; STAT4 PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULITIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0037094032     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.10.5369     Document Type: Article

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