The immune system in menopause: Pros and cons of hormone therapy

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-175

  Ghosh, Mimi ^a   Rodriguez Garcia, Marta ^b   Wira, Charles R ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Female reproductive tract; HIV; Immunity; Menopausal hormone therapy; Menopause; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RALOXIFENE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TIBOLONE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MENOPAUSE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; OSTEOCLAST ACTIVITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; T CELL DEPLETION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS MYOMA; VACCINATION; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ESTROGEN; FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT; HIV; IMMUNITY; MENOPAUSAL HORMONE THERAPY; MENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFECTION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGESTERONE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84899818736     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.09.003     Document Type: Review

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