Cytokine profile of mouse vaginal and uterus lymphocytes at estrus and diestrus

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-164

  Lopez, Maria C ^a,b   Stanley, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic cytokines; Estrous cycle; Flow cytometry; NK cells; Uterine lymphocytes; Vaginal lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UTERUS; VAGINA; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; ESTRUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 24744463403     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17402520500141010     Document Type: Article

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