Multiplex immunoassay of lower genital tract mucosal fluid from women attending an urban STD clinic shows broadly increased IL1ß and lactoferrin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Spear, Gregory T ^a   Kendrick, Sabrina R ^b,c   Chen, Hua Y ^d   Thomas, Tin T ^b   Bahk, Mieoak ^b   Balderas, Robert ^e   Ghosh, Santosh ^f   Weinberg, Aaron ^f   Landay, Alan L ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c Ruth M Rothstein CORE Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e BD BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANGIOGENIN; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERLEUKIN 9; LACTOFERRIN; LYMPHOTOXIN; MONOKINE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PROTEIN MIG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; IL1B PROTEIN, HUMAN; LTF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; UPREGULATION; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINITIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; BODY FLUID; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LACTOFERRIN; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL DOUCHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955901429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019560     Document Type: Article

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