Increased estrogen-dependent expression of calcineurin in female SLE T cells is regulated by multiple mechanisms

Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 14-21

  Rider, Viginia ^a   Keltner, Sarah ^a   Abdou, Nabih I ^b  

^a PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Rheumatic Disease   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; DACTINOMYCIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; RNA SYNTHESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADULT; CALCINEURIN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0038489186     PISSN: 15237036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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