Functional and phenotypic characteristics of testicular macrophages in experimental autoimmune orchitis

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-117

  Rival, C ^a   Theas, M S ^a   Suescun, M O ^b,c   Jacobo, P ^a   Guazzone, V ^a   Van Rooijen, N ^d   Lustig, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoimmune orchitis; Costimulatory molecules; Cytokines; FSH, LH; MHC II molecules; Testicular macrophages; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CLODRONIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOSOME; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ORCHITIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; INTERSTITIUM; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TARGET ORGAN; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD80; ANTIGENS, CD86; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL COUNT; CLODRONIC ACID; CYTOKINES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORCHITIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOZOA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 44649103840     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.2328     Document Type: Article

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