Developing ovarian follicles inhibit the endotoxin-induced glomerular inflammatory reaction in pseudopregnant rats

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 385-389

  Faas, Marijke M ^a   van der Schaaf, Gerda ^a   Moes, Henk ^a   Heineman, Maas Jan ^b   de Vos, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Inflammation; Monocytes; Ovary

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; ENDOTOXIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FROZEN SECTION; GLOMERULOPATHY; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; STAINING;

EID: 2942689382     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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