Macrophage phenotype in the mammary gland fluctuates over the course of the estrous cycle and is regulated by ovarian steroid hormones

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Hodson, Leigh J ^a,b   Chua, Angela C L ^b   Evdokiou, Andreas ^a   Robertson, Sarah A ^b   Ingman, Wendy V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Estrogen; Macrophage; Mammary gland; Ovarian cycle; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MIFEPRISTONE; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; PROGESTERONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MACROPHAGE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGEN; MACROPHAGE; MAMMARY GLAND; OVARIAN CYCLE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MACROPHAGES; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVARY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84889567800     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.109561     Document Type: Article

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