Androgens alter the cytokine profile and reduce encephalitogenicity of myelin-reactive T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-40

  Bebo Jr , Bruce F ^a,c   Schuster, Jeanette C ^c   Vandenbark, Arthur A ^a,b,c   Offner, Halina ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSGENE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOKINES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYELIN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0344528570     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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