Probiotic lactobacillus and estrogen effects on vaginal epithelial gene expression responses to Candida albicans

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Wagner, R Doug ^a   Johnson, Shemedia J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Epithelial cells; Estrogen; Gene expression; Probiotic; Signal transduction genes

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL EPITHELIAL CELL; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VAGINA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; EPITHELIUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; NF-KAPPA B; PROBIOTICS; VAGINA;

EID: 84991971516     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-19-58     Document Type: Article

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