Thymulin gene therapy prevents the reduction in circulating gonadotropins induced by thymulin deficiency in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Goya, Rodolfo G ^a   Reggiani, Paula C ^a   Vesenbeckh, Silvan M ^a,b,c   Pléau, Jean M ^b   Sosa, Yolanda E ^a   Cónsole, Gloria M ^a   Schade, Rüdiger ^c   Henklein, Peter ^c   Dardenne, Mireille ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Reproductive derangements; Synthetic gene; Thymulin immunoneutralization

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ANTISERUM; GONADOTROPIN; THYMULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYMULIN DEFICIENCY; VIRAL GENE THERAPY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; THYMIC FACTOR, CIRCULATING;

EID: 34547207209     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00085.2007     Document Type: Article

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