Testicular autoimmunity

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 201-204

  Jacobo, Patricia ^a   Guazzone, Vanesa Anabella ^a   Theas, María Susana ^a   Lustig, Livia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Dendritic cells; Macrophages; T cells; Testicular inflammation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ORCHITIS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SUBFERTILITY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TESTIS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL;

ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TESTIS;

EID: 79951858468     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2010.09.026     Document Type: Review

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