The Th1-promoting effects of dehydroepiandrosterone can provide an explanation for the stronger Th1-immune response of women

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Namazi, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Estrogen; Gender; Sex; Th1 Th2 balance

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; NICKEL; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PRASTERONE; STERYL SULFATASE; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUTEAL PHASE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 69249220312     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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