Estradiol impairs the Th17 immune response against candida albicans

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Relloso, Miguel ^a,b   Aragoneses Fenoll, Laura ^c   Lasarte, Sandra ^b   Bourgeois, Christelle ^d   Romera, Gema ^a   Kuchler, Karl ^d   Corbí, Angel L ^c   Muñoz Fernández, Angeles M ^b   Nombela, César ^a   Rodríguez Fernández, José L ^c   Diez Orejas, Rosalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Dendritic cells; Estrous hormones; Fungal infection

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 23;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL MIGRATION; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; ESTRUS; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL MOVEMENT; DENDRITIC CELLS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVARIECTOMY; TH17 CELLS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84855329215     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1110645     Document Type: Article

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