Innate and acquired immunity in the human penile urethra

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-227

  Pudney, Jeffrey ^a   Anderson, Deborah ^a,b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Mucosal immunity; Penis; Sexually transmitted infection; Urethra; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; BETA DEFENSIN 5; DEFENSIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LACTOFERRIN; MUCIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LABORATORY; MACROPHAGE; MUCUS; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; URETHRA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFECTION; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URETHRA;

EID: 79952699152     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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