Surfactant protein A, an innate immune factor, is expressed in the vaginal mucosa and is present in vaginal lavage fluid

Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-99

  MacNeill, Colin ^a   Umstead, Todd M ^a   Phelps, David S ^a   Lin, Zhenwu ^a   Floros, Joanna ^a   Shearer, Debra A ^a   Weisz, Judith ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT PROTEIN A;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; GLYCOCALYX; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LAVAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA MUCOSA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINA;

EID: 0347555460     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2004.01782.x     Document Type: Article

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