cultures of lipopolysaccharide-activated human peripheral monocytes incubated for 3-6 h with increasing amounts of progesterone or estradiol ( 0-10 ( -5 ) m ) in the presence of either 5 % fetal calf serum or 0.1 % bsa demonstrated an inverse relationship between il-1 beta mrna levels and steroid concentration .
C0086418
human
C0021753
il-1 beta