Seminal plasma stimulates cytokine production in endometrial epithelial cell cultures independently of the presence of leucocytes

Andrologia

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 364-369

  Ochsenkuhn R ^a   Toth, B ^a   Nieschlag, E ^b   Artman, E ^a   Friese, K ^a   Thaler, C J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endometrial cells; Implantation; Leucocytospermia; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ISOLATION; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINAL PLASMA;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LEUKOCYTES; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 57149146893     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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