Immune responses in the human female reproductive tract

L Monin, EM Whettlock, V Male - Immunology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
immune protection in the intestinal and pulmonary mucosae, but our grasp of immune
mechanisms in the female reproductive tract (… the uterus, while permitting the passage of sperm. …

[HTML][HTML] The female response to seminal fluid

JE Schjenken, SA Robertson - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
… the nature and regulation of the female reproductive tract response to seminal fluid. In rodents,
… A key result of the immune response to seminal fluid is induction of immune suppressive …

Sperm surface changes and their consequences for sperm transit through the female reproductive tract

JP Rickard, SP de Graaf - Theriogenology, 2020 - Elsevier
… in facilitating sperm survival and transit within the female reproductive tract is summarised, …
or immune response within the female reproductive tract is that which occurs within the …

Immune regulatory molecules as modifiers of semen and fertility: A review

SS Archana, S Selvaraju, BK Binsila… - … reproduction and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… the male and female immune response against sperm. … semen in the female reproductive
tract, mainly in the cervix, increases the expression of the inflammatory and immune response

Sperm interactions with the female reproductive tract: a key for successful fertilization in mammals

M Saint-Dizier, C Mahe, K Reynaud, G Tsikis… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2020 - Elsevier
… This dual activity may result in the selection of the fittest sperm subpopulation and elimination
of abnormal ones by immune cells recruited by the immune response induced by sperm

The fate of spermatozoa in the female reproductive tract: A comparative review

JP Rickard, KR Pool, X Druart, SP de Graaf - Theriogenology, 2019 - Elsevier
… Here we briefly describe the sperm surface characteristics of … and immune interactions within
the female reproductive tract. … of the inflammatory immune response within the uterus. When …

[HTML][HTML] The female reproductive tract contains multiple innate sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs) that facilitate sperm survival

E Tecle, HS Reynoso, R Wang, P Gagneux - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
… The cognate endogenous binding partners of sialic acids, sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like
lectins (Siglecs) play a pivotal role in regulating many immune responses. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of immune regulatory genes in the porcine internal genital tract is differentially triggered by spermatozoa and seminal plasma

M Alvarez-Rodriguez, M Atikuzzaman… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
… of genes involved in immune response processes (6/7), thus mimicking the sperm-bearing …
study indicate that the female genital tract responds to the entry of semen by altering genes …

Type I IFNs in the female reproductive tract: The first line of defense in an ever-changing battleground

HE Cumming, NM Bourke - Journal of leukocyte biology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… regulation; it must be capable of detecting and inducing immune responses against
pathogenic infections yet maintain tolerance to commensal bacteria, semen, and the semi-…

[HTML][HTML] The interplay between reproductive tract microbiota and immunological system in human reproduction

S Al-Nasiry, E Ambrosino, M Schlaepfer… - … in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
female reproductive system and how the maternal immune … of reproductive tract microbiome
and immune response. A … one hand, and the immune response to pathogens and abnormal …