Estrogen and progesterone affect responses to malaria infection in female C57BL/6 mice

Gender Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-433

  Klein, Pamela W ^a   Easterbrook, Judith D ^a   Lalime, Erin N ^a   Klein, Sabra L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

estrogen; interferon ; interleukin 10; malaria; progesterone; sex difference; sex steroid

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2C; INTERLEUKIN 10; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOKINES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57649205323     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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