Pharmacotherapy with 17β-estradiol and progesterone prevents development of mouse experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-51

  Garay, Laura ^a,b   Deniselle, Maria Claudia Gonzalez ^a,b   Gierman, Lobke ^c   Lima, Analia ^a   Roig, Paulina ^a   De Nicola, Alejandro F ^a,b,d  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Myelination; Neuroprotection; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 84978121002     PISSN: 18681883     EISSN: 18681891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HMBCI.2010.006     Document Type: Article

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