Progesterone-Based Therapy Protects Against Influenza by Promoting Lung Repair and Recovery in Females

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Hall, Olivia J ^a   Limjunyawong, Nathachit ^a,b   Vermillion, Meghan S ^a,b   Robinson, Dionne P ^a,c   Wohlgemuth, Nicholas ^a   Pekosz, Andrew ^a   Mitzner, Wayne ^a   Klein, Sabra L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; CD39 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROGESTERONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; APYRASE; AREG PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYTOKINE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLUENZA A; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH17 CELL; VIRUS LOAD; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY;

AMPHIREGULIN; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; APYRASE; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84989919014     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005840     Document Type: Article

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