Gonadectomy and progesterone treatment induce protection in murine cysticercosis

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 667-674

  Vargas Villavicencio, J A ^a   Larralde, C ^a   Morales Montor, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; DHEA; Immunoendocrine; Metabolism; Progesterone; Taenia

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TH1 CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; TAENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

EID: 33750885467     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2006.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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