Role of dihydrotestosterone in post-stroke peripheral immunosuppression after cerebral ischemia

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 685-695

  Dziennis, Suzan ^a   Akiyoshi, Kozaburo ^a   Subramanian, Sandhya ^b   Offner, Halina ^a,b   Hurn, Patricia D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihydrotestosterone; Hormone; Immunosuppression; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Regulatory T lymphocyte; Stroke; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CD11B ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASTRATED MALE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; STROKE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPLEEN; STROKE;

EID: 79954644105     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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