Effects of estradiol and progesterone on susceptibility and early immune responses to Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the female reproductive tract

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 4207-4216

  Kaushic, Charu ^a,c   Zhou, Fan ^a   Murdin, Andrew D ^b   Wira, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Aventis Pasteur Ltd   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOKINES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INCLUSION BODIES; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPLEEN; VAGINA;

EID: 0033932331     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.7.4207-4216.2000     Document Type: Article

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