Estrogen up-regulates inducible nitric oxide synthase, nitric oxide, and cyclooxygenase-2 in splenocytes activated with T cell stimulants: Role of interferon-γ

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 662-671

  Karpuzoglu, Ebru ^a   Fenaux, Jillian B ^a   Phillips, Rebecca A ^a   Lengi, Andrea J ^a   Elvinger, François ^a   Ansar Ahmed, S ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; B7 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIBODY; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD28; ANTIGENS, CD80; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 30944431743     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0829     Document Type: Article

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