Estrogen increases, whereas IL-27 and IFN-γ decrease, splenocyte IL-17 production in WT mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2549-2556

  Khan, Deena ^a   Dai, Rujuan ^a   Karpuzoglu, Ebru ^b   Ahmed, Sattar Ansar ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Estrogen; IFN ; IL 17; IL 27; Lupus; ROR t

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-CYANO-(3,4-DIHYDROXY)-N-BENZYLCINNAMIDE; ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IL27 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; JANUS KINASE 2; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; TYRPHOSTIN;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEW ZEALAND BLACK MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-23; INTERLEUKINS; JANUS KINASE 2; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NZB; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TYRPHOSTINS;

EID: 77956481298     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040303     Document Type: Article

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