HIV-1 Infection in the Female Reproductive Tract: Role of Interactions between HIV-1 and Genital Epithelial Cells

Sex Hormone Regulation of Innate Immunity in the Female Reproductive Tract: The Role of Epithelial Cells in Balancing Reproductive Potential with Protection against Sexually Transmitted Pathogens

(2010) Charles R. Wira et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Human uterine epithelial cell secretions regulate dendritic cell differentiation and responses to TLR ligands

(2010) Daniel O. Ochiel et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Targeting early infection to prevent HIV-1 mucosal transmission

(2010) Ashley T. Haase   NATURE

Th17 lineage commitment and HIV-1 pathogenesis

(2010) Petronela Ancuta et al.   Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

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

(2010) Aisha Nazli et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Elevated elafin/trappin-2 in the female genital tract is associated with protection against HIV acquisition

(2009) Shehzad M Iqbal et al.   AIDS

Polyanionic Microbicides Modify Toll-Like Receptor-Mediated Cervicovaginal Immune Responses

(2009) R. T. Trifonova et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Trappin-2/Elafin: a novel innate anti-human immunodeficiency virus-1 molecule of the human female reproductive tract

(2009) Mimi Ghosh et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Glycerol monolaurate prevents mucosal SIV transmission

(2009) Qingsheng Li et al.   NATURE

HIV infection of the genital mucosa in women

(2009) Florian Hladik et al.   Current HIV/AIDS Reports

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Quantification and Comparison of Toll-Like Receptor Expression and Responsiveness in Primary and Immortalized Human Female Lower Genital Tract Epithelia

(2008) Melissa M. Herbst-Kralovetz et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Differential induction of innate anti-viral responses by TLR ligands against Herpes simplex virus, type 2, infection in primary genital epithelium of women

(2008) Aisha Nazli et al.   ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH