Vaginal microbiome and epithelial gene array in post-menopausal women with moderate to severe dryness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Hummelen, Ruben ^a,b   Macklaim, Jean M ^a,c   Bisanz, Jordan E ^a,c   Hammond, Jo Anne ^a,c   McMillan, Amy ^a,c   Vongsa, Rebecca ^d   Koenig, David ^d   Gloor, Gregory B ^a,c   Reid, Gregor ^a,c  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATRILYSIN; UROKINASE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; UPREGULATION; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINAL DRYNESS; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS INERS;

EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POSTMENOPAUSE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VAGINA;

EID: 80355129329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026602     Document Type: Article

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