Recruitment of CD4+ T lymphocytes and macrophages into the cervical epithelium of women after coitus

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 376-381

  Prakash, Manyu ^b   Patterson, Steven ^b   Gotch, Frances ^b   Kapembwa, Moses S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical epithelium; Coitus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Macrophage; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; COITUS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0037325062     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.16     Document Type: Article

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