Cell-mediated immunity to HIV in the female reproductive tract

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 190-195

  Shacklett, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CTL; HIV; Mucosa

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 70449715104     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.07.012     Document Type: Review

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