Androgens suppress antigen-specific T cell responses and IFN-γ production during intracranial LCMV infection

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 8-19

  Lin, Adora A ^a   Wojciechowski, Sara E ^a   Hildeman, David A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Cytokines; MHC II; Neuroimmunology; T cells; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; 5-DIHYDROALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; MYH7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALDOSTERONE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS, CD45; BRAIN; CYTOKINES; EATING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77956340965     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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