Differential estrogen receptor expression in autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2345-2353

  Nancy, Patrice ^a   Berrih Aknin, Sonia ^a,b  

^a CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 17744392666     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-1003     Document Type: Article

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