Cyclic changes in the level of the innate immune molecule, surfactant protein-a, and cytokines in vaginal fluid

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-250

  MacNeill, Colin ^a   de Guzman, Glendell ^a   Sousa, Grace E ^a   Umstead, Todd M ^a   Phelps, David S ^a   Floros, Joanna ^a   Ahn, Kwangmi ^a   Weisz, Judith ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Female hormonal cycle; Mucosal innate immunity; Pattern recognition; Vaginal host defense; Vaginal mucosa

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-8; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERIODICITY; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; VAGINA;

EID: 84865306854     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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