Sex hormones and modulation of immunity against leishmaniasis

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-113

  Snider, Heidi ^a   Lezama Davila, Claudio ^a   Alexander, James ^b   Satoskar, Abhay R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune responses; Leishmaniasis; Sex associated hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; SEX HORMONE;

BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEX FACTORS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 60149109937     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000180265     Document Type: Review

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