Chapter VII. Role of Sex Hormones in Native Resistance

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contents xi
5. CHAPTER I.NATIVE ORGAN AND SPECIES RESISTANCE TO TUBERCULOSIS: PRELIMINARY STUDIES 1
6. Chapter II. Resistance to Reinfection 30
7. Chapter II. Resistance to Reinfection 42
8. Chapter IV. The Mechanism of Immunity in Tuberculosis: Fate of Tubercle Bacilli Ingested by Mononuclear Phagocytes Derived from Normal and Immunized Animals 77
9. Chapter V. Efficacy of Acquired and Native Resistance in Contact Tuberculosis of Noninbred Rabbits 105
10. Chapter VI. Heredity, Constitution, and Tuberculosis: An Experimental Study 115
11. Chapter VII. Role of Sex Hormones in Native Resistance 181
12. Chapter VIII. Host-Parasite Relations in Natively Resistant and Susceptible Rabbits on (Quantitative Inhalation of Human and Bovine Tubercle Bacilli, and Nature of Genetic Resistance to Tuberculosis 192
13. Chapter IX. Response of Susceptible and Resistant Rabbits to Intracutaneous Inoculation of BCG, and Effect of BCG Vaccination on Resistance Acquired by These Rabbits 223
14. Chapter X. Mode of Inheritance of Genetic Resistance to Tuberculosis 236
15. Chapter XI. Role of Adrenal Cortex in Native Resistance to Tuberculosis 244
16. Chapter XII. Role of the Thyroid in Native Resistance to Tuberculosis 267
17. Chapter XIII. Correlation of Some Metabolic and Hydrolytic Enzyme Activities of Mononuclear Phagocytes with Native and Acquired Resistance 304
18. Chapter XV. Recapitulation and Integration 339
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 354
20. Index 380