Transforming growth factor β - A mediator of immune deviation in seminal plasma

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 109-128

  Robertson, Sarah A ^a   Ingman, Wendy V ^a   O'Leary, Sean ^a   Sharkey, David J ^a   Tremellen, Kelton P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Seminal plasma; TGF ; Tolerance; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; AUTACOID; MESSENGER RNA;

ACIDITY; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL INTERACTION; COITUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NIDATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SPERM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0037206405     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(02)00015-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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