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SUBMITTER: Thurman AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5564035 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thurman Andrea Ries AR Yousefieh Nazita N Chandra Neelima N Kimble Thomas T Asin Susana S Rollenhagen Christiane C Anderson Sharon M SM Herold Betsy C BC Freiermuth Jamie L JL Starkman Brian S BS Mesquita Pedro M M PMM Richardson-Harman Nicola N Cunningham Tina T Hillier Sharon S Rabe Lorna L Schwartz Jill L JL Doncel Gustavo F GF
AIDS research and human retroviruses 20170516 8
The objective of this study was to characterize cervicovaginal (CV) mucosal factors modulating susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition in healthy premenopausal (PRE) and postmenopausal (POST) women before and after treatment with estradiol (E2). We compared CV mucosal epithelial histology and immune cells, vaginal microbiota, antimicrobial activity of and soluble mucosal protein concentrations in the CV fluid lavage (CVL), and p24 antigen production after ex vivo infecti ...[more]