Impact of female sex hormones on the maturation and function of human dendritic cells

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-173

  Segerer, Sabine E ^a   Müller, Nora ^a   van den Brandt, Jens ^b   Kapp, Michaela ^a   Dietl, Johannes ^a   Reichardt, Holger M ^a,b   Rieger, Lorenz ^a   Kämmerer, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estrogen; hCG; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE MARKER; CHEMOKINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; F ACTIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION;

ACTINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC CELLS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGESTERONE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 69149101125     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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