Modulation of autoimmune rheumatic diseases by oestrogen and progesterone

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 740-751

  Hughes, Grant C ^a   Choubey, Divaker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANDROGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; INTERFERON; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HELPER CELL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PROGESTERONE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84927134875     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2014.144     Document Type: Review

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