Role of sex steroid hormones in bacterial-host interactions

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  García Gómez, Elizabeth ^a   González Pedrajo, Bertha ^a   Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYTOKINE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL HOST INTERACTION; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GERMINATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84874636148     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/928290     Document Type: Review

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