The phytoestrogen genistein suppresses cell-mediated immunity in mice

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-274

  Yellayi, S ^a,b   Zakroczymski, M A ^a   Selvaraj, V ^a   Valli, V E ^a   Ghanta, V ^a   Helferich, W G ^a   Cooke, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; GENISTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INJECTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITROHYDROXYIODOPHENYLACETATE; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SOYBEANS;

EID: 0037291015     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1760267     Document Type: Review

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