A menstrual cycle pattern for cytokine levels exists in HIV-positive women: Implication for HIV vaginal and plasma shedding

AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1535-1543

  Al Harthi, Lena ^a   Kovacs, Andrea ^b   Coombs, Robert W ^c   Reichelderfer, Patricia S ^d   Wright, David J ^e   Cohen, Mardge H ^f   Cohn, Jonathan ^g   Cu Uvin, Susan ^h   Watts, Heather ^d   Lewis, Shirley ^e   Beckner, Suzanne ^e   Landay, Alan ⁱ  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e WESTAT   (United States)

^f Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^g WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ JSC ^*

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Chemokines; Cytokines; HIV; Lymphocytes; Menstrual cycle; Viral load; Women

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; RANTES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VAGINA SECRETION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VAGINA; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0035902964     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200108170-00011     Document Type: Article

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