Assessment of cervicovaginal cytokine levels following exposure to microbicide Nisin gel in rabbits

Cytokine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Aranha, C C ^a   Gupta, S M ^a   Reddy, K V R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Cervicovaginal epithelium; Cytokines; Nisin; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MICROBICIDE; NISIN; POLYCARBOPHIL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; NISIN; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 46149104097     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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