Impaired reproduction of histamine deficient (histidine-decarboxylase knockout) mice is caused predominantly by a decreased male mating behavior

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-158

  Pár, Gabriella ^a,b   Szekeres Barthó, Júlia ^a,b   Buzás, Edit ^c   Pap, Erna ^c   Falus, András ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Cytotoxicity; Histamine deficiency; Reproduction; T cell polarization

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; VITAMIN D;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD INTAKE; GENETICS; HISTAMINE METABOLISM; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; METABOLISM; MOTHER; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; TH2 CELL; UTERUS; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 0042370529     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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