Estrogenic action on innate defense mechanisms in the urinary tract

Maturitas

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-36

  Lüthje, Petra ^a   Lindén Hirschberg, Angelica ^a   Brauner, Annelie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Epithelial differentiation; Estrogen supplementation; Innate immunity; Recurrent urinary tract infection; Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BLADDER; CELL JUNCTION; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTOBACILLUS; MENOPAUSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESIDUAL URINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUPPLEMENTATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROTHELIUM; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA MUCOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES; EPITHELIAL DIFFERENTIATION; ESTROGEN SUPPLEMENTATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROTHELIUM; VAGINA;

EID: 84891742212     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.10.018     Document Type: Review

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