Ex vivo analysis of HIV-1 co-receptors at the endocervical mucosa of women using oral contraceptives

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1468-1470

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

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UPREGULATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CERVIX UTERI; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RECEPTORS, CCR5; RECEPTORS, CXCR4;

EID: 10844292644     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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