Cytokine expression pattern in the genital tract of Chlamydia trachomatis positive infertile women - Implication for T-cell responses

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 552-558

  Reddy, B S ^a   Rastogi, S ^a   Das, B ^a   Salhan, S ^a   Verma, S ^a   Mittal, A ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cytokine expression; ELISA; Flow cytometry; Genital chlamydiasis; Infertile women

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 4344653938     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02564.x     Document Type: Article

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