The mucosal immune system in the female reproductive tract (FRT) has evolved to meet the
unique requirements of dealing with sexually transmitted bacterial and viral pathogens …

The mucosal surface of the female genital tract is a complex biosystem, which provides a
barrier against the outside world and participates in both innate and acquired immune …

BACKGROUND: Rapid innate immune defences against infection usually involve the
recognition of invading pathogens by specific pattern recognition receptors recently …

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a major worldwide health problem that
compromise reproductive fecundity as well as cut short the lives of millions of men, women …

The Endometrium is devoted to a comprehensive multi-disciplinary account of the uterine
endometrium. This book is the first to define the regulatory biological interrelationships …

PROBLEM: To investigate the mucosal immune system in the cervix and vagina of
premenopausal women in terms of immune cells present and cytolytic capacity of mucosal …

Objective Toll like receptors (TLRs) are one of the main components of the innate im-mune
system. It has been reported that expression of these receptors are altered in the female …

The present study explores the relationship between connectedness with the
intergenerational family and women's sexual risk‐taking as a guide to the development of …

Few fields of medicine are more dynamic than that of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
During the past decade, this discipline has evolved from one emphasizing the traditional …

Educational efforts to prevent the spread of AIDS require a combination of accurate
information and the application of that information to personal behavior. In this preliminary …