Influence of oestrogen receptor α and β on the immune system in aged female mice

Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-157

  Islander, U ^a   Erlandsson, M C ^a   Hasseus B ^a   Jonsson, C A ^a   Ohlsson, C ^a   Gustafsson, J A ^b   Dahlgren, U ^a   Carlsten, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0042819856     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01704.x     Document Type: Article

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