Dehydroepiandrosterone and metformin regulate proliferation of murine T lymphocytes

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-296

  Solano, M E ^a   Sander, V ^a   Wald, M R ^a   Motta, A B ^a,b  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Metformin; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Proliferation; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; LIPOCORTIN 5; MALONALDEHYDE; METFORMIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRASTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METFORMIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NECROSIS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 47249150572     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03696.x     Document Type: Article

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