Sexual dimorphism in immune response genes as a function of puberty

BMC Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lamason, Rebecca ^a   Zhao, Po ^b   Rawat, Rashmi ^a   Davis, Adrian ^a   Hall, John C ^a   Chae, Jae Jin ^c   Agarwal, Rajeev ^c   Cohen, Phillip ^d   Rosen, Antony ^a   Hoffman, Eric P ^b   Nagaraju, Kanneboyina ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCYCLIN; CATHEPSIN G; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR1; CHITINASE; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; FORMYLPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; HAPTOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; LACTOFERRIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LIPOCORTIN; MYELOBLASTIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; OROSOMUCOID; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 2; PROTEINASE; SERUM AMYLOID A; SEX HORMONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, CD95; B-LYMPHOCYTES; ESTROGENS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HAPTOGLOBINS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS;

EID: 33745063218     PISSN: 14712172     EISSN: 14712172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-7-2     Document Type: Article

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