Sökning: "cervical secretions"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden cervical secretions.

  1. 1. Antibody responses in genital secretions and serum after mucosal vaccination in humans

    Författare :Lotta Wassén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :genital immunity; antibodies; mucosal vaccination; cervical secretions; vaginal fluids;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to study the induction of B-cell immune responses in genital secretion and serum after mucosal vaccination in women. Oral inactivated B subunit whole-cell (B-WC) cholera vaccine and recombinant cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) alone were used as model immunogens. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Immunological responses in genital HPV infections and etiology of cervical cancer

    Författare :Lisen Arnheim; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :HPV; CIN; cervical cancer; antibodies; KIRs; CXCL8; IFN-gamma; Chlamydia trachomatis;

    Sammanfattning : Cervical cancer is one of the most common forms of cancers in women. Every year approximately 450,000 women are diagnosed worldwide and 200,000 die. The sexually transmitted oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types are established as the major etiological agents of cancer of the cervix. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The female genital tract microbiota: composition, relation to innate immune factors, and effects of contraceptives

    Författare :Natalia Nikolaitchouk; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :bacterial vaginosis; checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridisation; cytokines; SLPI; Lactobacillus coleohominis; Lactobacillus iners; Actinomyces urogenitalis;

    Sammanfattning : Abnormal vaginal microbiota, as in bacterial vaginosis (BV), is associated with increased risk of obstetrical and gynaecologic complications and acquisition of sexually transmitted diseases. However, very little is known about the pathogenesis of BV. In BV, the normal vaginal Lactobacillus-dominated biota (LDB) is replaced by anaerobic bacteria. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Human papillomavirus tropism : determinants of viral tissue specificity

    Författare :Nitesh Mistry; Magnus Evander; Ola Forslund; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; papillomavirus; receptor; heparan sulfate; pI; lactoferrin; lactoferricin; transcription; long control region; tropism; Virology; Virologi;

    Sammanfattning : Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and human papillomavirus (HPV) is a prerequisit for the development of this cancer. HPV belongs to the Papillomaviridae family and infects the basal layer of epithelial cells where it generally progresses into warts or condylomas. LÄS MER