Attenuation of fever at near term: Is Interleukin-6-STAT3 signalling altered?

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Harré, Eva Maria ^a   Mouihate, A ^a   Pittman, Q J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circumventricular organ; Fever; Interleukin 6; OVLT; Pregnancy; STAT3

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 33644857471     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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