Effects of endogenous glucocorticoid secretion on the interleukin-6 response to bacterial endotoxin in pregnant and non-pregnant rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-103

  Cui, Ke ^a   Luheshi, Giamal N ^a   Boksa, Patricia ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; ENDOTOXIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; METYRAPONE; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; METYRAPONE; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING PROTEINS; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79953682813     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-10-0436     Document Type: Article

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