Seminal fluid induces leukocyte recruitment and cytokine and chemokine mRNA expression in the human cervix after coitus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2445-2454

  Sharkey, David J ^a   Tremellen, Kelton P ^a,b   Jasper, Melinda J ^a   Gemzell Danielsson, Kristina ^c   Robertson, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Repromed Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RNA; T6 ANTIGEN;

ABSTINENCE; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CSF2 GENE; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IL1A GENE; IL6 GENE; IL8 GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; STROMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHEMOKINES; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; COITUS; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857483300     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102736     Document Type: Article

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