Mucosal immunity in the human female reproductive tract: Cytotoxic T lymphocyte function in the cervix and vagina of premenopausal and postmenopausal women

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-38

  White, Hillary D ^b   Yeaman, Grant R ^b   Givan, Alice L ^a   Wira, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Borwell Building ^*

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; CTL; Cytotoxicity; Dendritic cells; Epithelium; Flow cytometry; Human cervix; Mucosal immune system; Stromal cells; T lymphocytes; Vagina

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHENOTYPE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA MUCOSA;

EID: 0031056227     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00190.x     Document Type: Article

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