Melatonin and androgen receptor expression interplay modulates cell-mediated immunity in tropical rodent Funambulus pennanti: An in-vivo and in-vitro study

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 420-430

  Ahmad, R ^a   Haldar, C ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RODENT; SPLEEN; SQUIRREL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERLEUKIN-2; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MELATONIN; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77952266203     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2010.02396.x     Document Type: Article

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