The effects of human seminal plasma and PGE2 on mitogen induced proliferation and cytokine production of human splenic lymphocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 97-114

  Miao, Dengshun ^a   Skibinski, Grzegorz ^a   James, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine production; Human seminal plasma; Prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGENIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030014174     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0378(96)00957-6     Document Type: Article

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