Effect of the menstrual cycle on immunological parameters in the human female reproductive tract

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Wira, Charles ^a   Fahey, John ^a   Wallace, Paul ^b   Yeaman, Grant ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RANTES; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; LANGERHANS CELL; MACROPHAGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 18244396367     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000167040.58181.d5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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