Gender dependence in the hormone content of the immune cells

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-50

  Csaba, Gy ^a   Pallinger E ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ACTH; Blood lymphocytes; Endorphin; Immune cells; Lymphocytes; Mast cells; Monocyte macrophage granulocyte group; Peritoneal fluid; Progesterone; Thymic lymphocytes; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ENDORPHIN; LIOTHYRONINE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MAST CELL; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; THYMOCYTE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ENDORPHINS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTES; HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MAST CELLS; MONOCYTES; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; THYMUS GLAND; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 61849120047     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.96.2009.1.5     Document Type: Article

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