Sex steroids, APOE genotype and the innate immune system

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-372

  Colton, Carol A ^a   Brown, Candice M ^a   Vitek, Michael P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Androgen; APOE4; Estrogen; Gender; Macrophage; Microglia; Neuroinflammation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E GENE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICROGLIA; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICROGLIA; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 11444251209     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.08.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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