Estrogen mediates innate and adaptive immune alterations to influenza infection in pregnant mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Pazos, Michael A ^a   Kraus, Thomas A ^a   Muñoz Fontela, César ^b   Moran, Thomas M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; ESTRADIOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLUENZA; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION; VIRAL CLEARANCE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CYTOKINES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MURINAE; MUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84863615231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040502     Document Type: Article

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