The role of sex hormones and the tissue environment in immune protection against HIV in the female reproductive tract

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-181

  Wira, Charles R ^a   Rodriguez Garcia, Marta ^a   Shen, Zheng ^a   Patel, Mickey ^a   Fahey, John V ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial cells; Estradiol; Female reproductive tract; Fibroblasts; Innate and adaptive immune systems; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; MICROBICIDE; NUCLEOTIDASE; SEX HORMONE; CCR5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CX3CR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PREGNANCY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VIROLOGY;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CCR5; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE;

EID: 84904365149     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12235     Document Type: Review

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