The relationship between immunosuppressive activity and immunoregulatory cytokines in seminal plasma: Influence of sperm autoimmunity and seminal leukocytes

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-74

  Ochsenkühn, Robert ^a   O'Connor, Anne E ^a   Hirst, Jonathan J ^b   Gordon Baker, H W ^c   de Kretser, David M ^a   Hedger, Mark P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activin; Assays; Autoimmunity; Inflammation; Interleukin 10; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CYTOKINE; FOLLISTATIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; SPERM ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; DIALYSIS; FOLLISTATIN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTAGLANDINS E; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 33745653282     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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