IL-10 is highly expressed in the cryptorchid cryptepididymal epithelium: A probable mechanism preventing immune responses against autoantigenic spermatozoa in the epididymal tubule

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 129-133

  Verajankorva E ^a,b   Pollanen P ^a   Hanninen A ^b   Martikainen, M ^a   Sundstrom J ^a   Antola, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cryptepididymis; Cytokines; IL 10; Immune privilege; Sperm antibodies

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERSTITIUM; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOZOON; SURVIVAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGENS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED NOD; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036271986     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2002.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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