Estrogen receptor-1 (Esr1) and -2 (Esr2) regulate the severity of clinical experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in male mice

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1915-1924

  Polanczyk, Magdalena ^a   Yellayi, Srikanth ^b   Zamora, Alex ^a   Subramanian, Sandhya ^a   Tovey, Micah ^a   Vandenbark, Arthur A ^a   Offner, Halina ^a   Zachary, James F ^c   Fillmore, Parley D ^c   Blankenhorn, Elizabeth P ^d   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^f   Teuscher, Cory ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSIDE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR 1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; IRRADIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 2442637923     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63752-2     Document Type: Article

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