The antibacterial chemokine MIG/CXCL9 is constitutively expressed in epithelial cells of the male urogenital tract and is present in seminal plasma

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-196

  Linge, Helena M ^a   Collin, Mattias ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^b   Malm, Johan ^b   Bjartell, Anders ^b   Egesten, Arne ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CXCL11 CHEMOKINE; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINAL PLASMA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CHEMOKINE CXCL10; CHEMOKINE CXCL11; CHEMOKINE CXCL9; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; SEMEN;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 40749116459     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.2007.0100     Document Type: Article

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