Immunomodulatory cytokines in human seminal plasma correlate with immunomodulatory steroids

Steroids

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 725-731

  Šterzl, Ivan ^a   Hampl, Richard ^b   Hill, Martin ^b   Hrdá, Pavlína ^a   Matucha, Petr ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

7 Hydroxy dehydroepiandrosterone; Cortisol; Humans; Immunity; Interleukins; Semen

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PRASTERONE; STEROID; SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEMINAL PLASMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0242624542     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(03)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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