Comparative analysis of methods for collection and measurement of cytokines and immunoglobulins in cervical and vaginal secretions of HIV and HPV infected women

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 85-95

  Snowhite, I V ^a   Jones, W E ^a   Dumestre, J ^b   Dunlap, K ^b   Braly, P S ^b   Hagensee, M E ^b  

^a LSU Health Science Center   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical wick; Cytokine; HIV; Human papillomavirus; Lavage; Mucosal immunity

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL WICK; CERVICOVAGINAL LAVAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERNATANT; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VAGINA SECRETION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VAGINA;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 0036571251     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(02)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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