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The influence of aging and estradiol to progesterone ratio on rat macrophage phenotypic profile and NO and TNF-α production.
Experimental gerontology - 1 Nov 2013
Dimitrijević Mirjana, Stanojević Stanislava, Kuštrimović Nataša, Mitić Katarina, Vujić Vesna, Aleksić Iva, Radojević Katarina, Leposavić Gordana
Abstract excerpt
The phenotype and function of tissue macrophages substantially depend on the cellular milieu and biological effector molecules, such as steroid hormones, to which they are exposed. Furthermore, in female rats, aging is associated with the altered macrophage functioning and the increased estrogen level is followed by a decrease in that of progesterone. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the...
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