The Role of Sex Hormones and the Tissue Environment in Immune Protection Against HIV in the Female Reproductive Tract

Phenotype and Functionality of CD4+and CD8+T Cells in the Upper Reproductive Tract of Healthy Premenopausal Women

(2013) Uma Shanmugasundaram et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Innate Immunity in the Vagina (Part I): Estradiol Inhibits HBD2 and Elafin Secretion by Human Vaginal Epithelial Cells

(2013) Mickey V. Patel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Decidualized Human Endometrial Stromal Cells Are Sensors of Hormone Withdrawal in the Menstrual Inflammatory Cascade1

(2013) Jemma Evans et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Menstrual blood closely resembles the uterine immune micro-environment and is clearly distinct from peripheral blood

(2013) R. G. van der Molen et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

HIV-1 gp120 Induces TLR2- and TLR4-Mediated Innate Immune Activation in Human Female Genital Epithelium

(2013) A. Nazli et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Viral Infection of the Pregnant Cervix Predisposes to Ascending Bacterial Infection

(2013) K. Racicot et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

HIV Infection in Gastric Epithelial Cells

(2013) Rui Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Postintegration HIV-1 Infection of Cervical Epithelial Cells Mediates Contact-Dependent Productive Infection of T Cells

(2013) Amanda M. Micsenyi et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Innate and adaptive anti-HIV immune responses in the female reproductive tract

(2013) Marta Rodriguez-Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Defining the Interaction of HIV-1 with the Mucosal Barriers of the Female Reproductive Tract

(2013) A. M. Carias et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Estradiol Regulation of Nucleotidases in Female Reproductive Tract Epithelial Cells and Fibroblasts

(2013) Zheng Shen et al.   PLoS One

Unraveling the divergent results of pre-exposure prophylaxis trials for HIV prevention

(2012) Ariane van der Straten et al.   AIDS

A Subset of Human Uterine Endometrial Macrophages is Alternatively Activated

(2012) Amy L. Jensen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Potential Mechanisms for Increased HIV-1 Transmission Across the Endocervical Epithelium During C. trachomatis Infection

(2012) Danny J. Schust et al.   CURRENT HIV RESEARCH

Uterine Epithelial Cells Specifically Induce Interferon-Stimulated Genes in Response to Polyinosinic-Polycytidylic Acid Independently of Estradiol

(2012) Mickey V. Patel et al.   PLoS One

Quality and quantity

(2012) Lyle R. McKinnon et al.   Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Endometrial epithelial cell response to semen from HIV-infected men during different stages of infection is distinct and can drive HIV-1-long terminal repeat

(2011) Jessica K. Kafka et al.   AIDS

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

(2011) Charu Kaushic   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Modulation of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Secretion in Human Female Reproductive Tract Stromal Fibroblasts by Poly (I:C) and Estradiol

(2011) Kimberly D. Coleman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Seminal Fluid Regulates Accumulation of FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells in the Preimplantation Mouse Uterus Through Expanding the FOXP3+ Cell Pool and CCL19-Mediated Recruitment1

(2011) Leigh R. Guerin et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Alternate roles for immune regulators: establishing endometrial receptivity for implantation

(2011) Natalie J Hannan et al.   Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

High Susceptibility to Repeated, Low-Dose, Vaginal SHIV Exposure Late in the Luteal Phase of the Menstrual Cycle of Pigtail Macaques

(2011) Sundaram A Vishwanathan et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

CCR5 Expression Is Elevated on Endocervical CD4+ T Cells in Healthy Postmenopausal Women

(2011) Amie L. Meditz et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

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

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

Endometrial Epithelial Cell Responses to Coinfecting Viral and Bacterial Pathogens in the Genital Tract Can Activate the HIV-1 LTR in an NFκB-and AP-1–Dependent Manner

(2011) Victor H. Ferreira et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Innate and adaptive immunity at mucosal surfaces of the female reproductive tract: stratification and integration of immune protection against the transmission of sexually transmitted infections

(2011) D.K. Hickey et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Menstrual Blood as a Potential Source of Endometrial Derived CD3+ T Cells

(2011) Steffanie Sabbaj et al.   PLoS One

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

Early HIV-1 Target Cells in Human Vaginal and Ectocervical Mucosa

(2010) Ruizhong Shen 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

HIV-1 sexual transmission: early events of HIV-1 infection of human cervico-vaginal tissue in an optimized ex vivo model

(2010) E Saba et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Epithelial cell secretions from the human female reproductive tract inhibit sexually transmitted pathogens and Candida albicans but not Lactobacillus

(2010) C R Wira et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Intestinal macrophages and response to microbial encroachment

(2010) P D Smith et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Uterine Epithelial Cell Regulation of DC-SIGN Expression Inhibits Transmitted/Founder HIV-1 Trans Infection by Immature Dendritic Cells

(2010) Daniel O. Ochiel et al.   PLoS One

Reciprocal Communication Between Endometrial Stromal Cells and Macrophages

(2010) Kathleen M. Eyster et al.   Reproductive Sciences

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

(2010) Aisha Nazli et al.   PLoS Pathogens

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: CCL20/MIP3α is a Novel Anti-HIV-1 Molecule of the Human Female Reproductive Tract

(2009) Mimi Ghosh et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Modulation of human β-defensin-2 expression by 17β-estradiol and progesterone in vaginal epithelial cells

(2009) June Hyun Han et al.   CYTOKINE

Estradiol modulation of hepatocyte growth factor by stromal fibroblasts in the female reproductive tract

(2009) Kimberly D. Coleman et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Macrophages in Vaginal but Not Intestinal Mucosa Are Monocyte-Like and Permissive to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection

(2009) R. Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

A Comparative Analysis of Gene Expression Patterns and Cell Phenotypes between Cervical and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

(2009) Rachel E. Horton et al.   PLoS One

Two-Way Communication Between Endometrial Stromal Cells and Monocytes

(2009) Olga Klinkova et al.   Reproductive Sciences

A new strategy to understand how HIV infects women: identification of a window of vulnerability during the menstrual cycle

(2008) Charles R Wira et al.   AIDS

Estradiol selectively regulates innate immune function by polarized human uterine epithelial cells in culture

(2008) J V Fahey et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Antiviral responses of human Fallopian tube epithelial cells to toll-like receptor 3 agonist poly(I:C)

(2007) Mimi Ghosh et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY