Uropathogenic E. coli induce different immune response in testicular and peritoneal macrophages: implications for testicular immune privilege
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Uropathogenic E. coli Induce Different Immune Response in Testicular and Peritoneal Macrophages: Implications for Testicular Immune Privilege
Infertility affects one in seven couples and ascending bacterial infections of the male genitourinary tract by Escherichia coli are an important cause of male factor infertility. Thus understanding mechanisms by which immunocompetent cells such as testicular macrophages (TM) respond to infection and how bacterial pathogens manipulate defense pathways is of importance. Whole genome expression pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Reproductive Immunology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0165-0378
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2012.03.481