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Estren promotes androgen phenotypes in primary lymphoid organs and submandibular glands.
BMC immunology - 12 Jul 2005
Islander Ulrika, Hasséus Bengt, Erlandsson Malin C, Jochems Caroline, Skrtic Sofia Movérare, Lindberg Marie, Gustafsson Jan-Ake, Ohlsson Claes, Carlsten Hans
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BACKGROUND: Estrogens and androgens have extensive effects on the immune system, for example they suppress both T and B lymphopoiesis in thymus and bone marrow. Submandibular glands are sexually dimorphic in rodents, resulting in larger granular convoluted tubules in males compared to females. The aim of the present experiments was to investigate the estrogenic and androgenic effects of...
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