Commensal bacteria modulate innate immune responses of vaginal epithelial cell multilayer cultures.

The human vaginal microbiome plays a critical but poorly defined role in reproductive health. Vaginal microbiome alterations are associated with increased susceptibility to sexually-transmitted infections (STI) possibly due to related changes in innate defense responses from epithelial cells. Study...

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Main Authors: William A Rose, Chris L McGowin, Rae Ann Spagnuolo, Tonyia D Eaves-Pyles, Vsevolod L Popov, Richard B Pyles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3296736?pdf=render