Distinct Effects of the Cervicovaginal Microbiota and Herpes Simplex Type 2 Infection on Female Genital Tract Immunology

Immune Activation in the Female Genital Tract: Expression Profiles of Soluble Proteins in Women at High Risk for HIV Infection

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Cross-Sectional Analysis of Selected Genital Tract Immunological Markers and Molecular Vaginal Microbiota in Sub-Saharan African Women, with Relevance to HIV Risk and Prevention

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Genital Inflammation and the Risk of HIV Acquisition in Women

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Cervicovaginal Bacteria Are a Major Modulator of Host Inflammatory Responses in the Female Genital Tract

(2015) Melis N. Anahtar et al.   IMMUNITY

Increased levels of inflammatory cytokines in the female reproductive tract are associated with altered expression of proteases, mucosal barrier proteins and an influx of HIV-susceptible target cells

(2015) Kelly B Arnold et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Cervicovaginal microbiome dysbiosis is associated with proteome changes related to alterations of the cervicovaginal mucosal barrier

(2015) H Borgdorff et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Identification of preferential CD4+ T-cell targets for HIV infection in the cervix

(2015) V R Joag et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Inflammation and HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2015) Rupert Kaul et al.   Current HIV/AIDS Reports

Estimating per-act HIV transmission risk

(2014) Pragna Patel et al.   AIDS

Cytokines and mucosal immunity

(2014) Giorgos Bamias et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

Impact of Asymptomatic Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection on Mucosal Homing and Immune Cell Subsets in the Blood and Female Genital Tract

(2014) B. Shannon et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The Vaginal Microbiota: What Have We Learned after a Decade of Molecular Characterization?

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Defining genital tract cytokine signatures of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis in women at high risk of HIV infection: a cross-sectional study

(2014) Lindi Masson et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

An improved dual-indexing approach for multiplexed 16S rRNA gene sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq platform

(2014) Douglas W Fadrosh et al.   Microbiome

The epidemiology of sexually transmitted co-infections in HIV-positive and HIV-negative African-Caribbean women in Toronto

(2013) Robert S Remis et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Commensal bacteria at the interface of host metabolism and the immune system

(2013) Jonathan R Brestoff et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Impact of asymptomatic Herpes simplex virus-2 infection on T cell phenotype and function in the foreskin

(2012) Jessica L. Prodger et al.   AIDS

BactQuant: An enhanced broad-coverage bacterial quantitative real-time PCR assay

(2012) Cindy M Liu et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A framework for human microbiome research

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Temporal Dynamics of the Human Vaginal Microbiota

(2012) P. Gajer et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Biological Factors that May Contribute to Regional and Racial Disparities in HIV Prevalence

(2011) Rupert Kaul et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Pathogenic Mechanisms of HIV Disease

(2011) Susan Moir et al.   Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease

Characterization of a Human Cervical CD4+ T Cell Subset Coexpressing Multiple Markers of HIV Susceptibility

(2011) L. R. McKinnon et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Intravaginal Practices, Bacterial Vaginosis, and HIV Infection in Women: Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis

(2011) Nicola Low et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women

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Performance of Commercial Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2 Antibody Tests Using Serum Samples From Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

(2010) Samuel Biraro et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Exposure to HIV-1 Directly Impairs Mucosal Epithelial Barrier Integrity Allowing Microbial Translocation

(2010) Aisha Nazli et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Levels of innate immune factors in genital fluids: association of alpha defensins and LL-37 with genital infections and increased HIV acquisition

(2009) Pauline Levinson et al.   AIDS

Vaginal Colonization by ProbioticLactobacillus crispatusCTV‐05 Is Decreased by Sexual Activity and Endogenous Lactobacilli

(2009) May A. D. Antonio et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Heterosexual risk of HIV-1 infection per sexual act: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

(2009) Marie-Claude Boily et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Genital levels of soluble immune factors with anti-HIV activity may correlate with increased HIV susceptibility

(2008) Rupert Kaul et al.   AIDS

Use of Lactobacillus probiotics for bacterial genitourinary infections in women: A review

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The genital tract immune milieu: an important determinant of HIV susceptibility and secondary transmission

(2007) R. Kaul et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY