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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Sangsoon Woo
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-56076 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Vojtech Lucia L Woo Sangsoon S Hughes Sean S Levy Claire C Ballweber Lamar L Sauteraud Renan P RP Strobl Johanna J Westerberg Katharine K Gottardo Raphael R Tewari Muneesh M Hladik Florian F
Nucleic acids research 20140516 11
Semen contains relatively ill-defined regulatory components that likely aid fertilization, but which could also interfere with defense against infection. Each ejaculate contains trillions of exosomes, membrane-enclosed subcellular microvesicles, which have immunosuppressive effects on cells important in the genital mucosa. Exosomes in general are believed to mediate inter-cellular communication, possibly by transferring small RNA molecules. We found that seminal exosome (SE) preparations contain ...[more]