Prostaglandin F2α upregulates uterine immune defenses in the presence of the immunosuppressive steroid progesterone

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-111

  Lewis, Gregory S ^a   Wulster Radcliffe, Meghan C ^b  

^a USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Infection; Progesterone; Prostaglandins; Sheep; Uterine diseases

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA TROMETAMOL; SESAME SEED OIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TARGETING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INOCULATION; LUTEAL PHASE; METRITIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; DINOPROST; FEMALE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; STEROIDS; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS;

EID: 33745762058     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2006.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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