Expression of IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, IL-10, HSP-60, anti-HSP-60 antibodies, and anti-sperm antibodies, in semen of men with leukocytes and/or bacteria

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-243

  Martínez Prado, Elizabeth ^a,b   Camejo Bermúdez, María Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b Centro Clinico Materno Leopoldo Aguerrevere   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cytokines; HSP 60; Infection; Leukocytes; Semen

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 76549093821     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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