Rat resident testicular macrophages have an alternatively activated phenotype and constitutively produce interleukin-10 in vitro

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-143

  Winnall, Wendy R ^a   Muir, Julie A ^a   Hedger, Mark P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

IFN ; IL 10; Immune privilege; LPS; Testis; TNF

Indexed keywords

CD163 ANTIGEN; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; RANTES; RNA 18S; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 1; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TESTICULAR MACROPHAGE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-10; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TESTIS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79959830081     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1010557     Document Type: Article

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