Human Seminal Plasma Fosters CD4+ Regulatory T-cell Phenotype and Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Expression

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 322-330

  Balandya, Emmanuel ^a   Wieland Alter, Wendy ^a   Sanders, Katherine ^b   Lahey, Timothy ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

FoxP3; Seminal plasma; TGF ; Treg

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; SEMEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84866181852     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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