The glycoprotein-hormones activin A and inhibin A interfere with dendritic cell maturation.

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Published in Reprod Biol Endocrinol on May 06, 2008

Authors

Sabine E Segerer1, Nora Müller, Jens van den Brandt, Michaela Kapp, Johannes Dietl, Holger M Reichardt, Lorenz Rieger, Ulrike Kämmerer

Author Affiliations

1: University of Würzburg, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 4, 97080 Würzburg, Germany. Engert_S1@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de

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