Oxidative stress, spermatozoa and leukocytic infiltration: Relationships forged by the opposing forces of microbial invasion and the search for perfection

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-19

  Aitken, R John ^a   Baker, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indoleamine dioxygenase; Leukocytic infiltration; Oxidative stress; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LEUKOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

INDOLEAMINE DIOXYGENASE; LEUKOCYTIC INFILTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84887021651     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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