Sex differences in murine susceptibility to systemic viral infections

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages

  Geurs, Theresa L ^a   Hill, Elaise B ^a   Lippold, Danna M ^a   French, Anthony R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DAP12; Female; HSV; IFN ; MCMV; Survival; Vaccinia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANDROGEN; BETA INTERFERON; ESTROGEN; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL ACTIVATING RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASTRATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LD 50; LIVER; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL; UPREGULATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HERPES SIMPLEX; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR, INTERFERON ALPHA-BETA; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84858751536     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: 10959157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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