Immunodeviation towards a Th17 immune response associated with testicular damage in azoospermic men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 6 PART 2, 2011, Pages

  Duan, Y G ^a,b   Yu, C F ^a   Novak, N ^a   Bieber, T ^a   Zhu, C H ^b   Schuppe, H C ^c   Haidl, G ^a   Allam, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Interleukin 17; Male infertility; Orchitis; T helper 17 cells; Testicular leucocytes

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 23; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEREOMETRY; TH17 CELL;

AZOOSPERMIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 80052620304     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2010.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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