Defects in the regulatory clearance mechanisms favor the breakdown of self-tolerance during spontaneous autoimmune orchitis.

Pelletier, R-Marc

Defects in the regulatory clearance mechanisms favor the breakdown of self-tolerance during spontaneous autoimmune orchitis. [electronic resource] - American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Mar 2009 - R743-62 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0363-6119

10.1152/ajpregu.90751.2008 doi


Animals
Apoptosis--drug effects
Autoantibodies--biosynthesis
Autoimmune Diseases--metabolism
Blood-Testis Barrier--physiology
CD36 Antigens--biosynthesis
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Indicators and Reagents
Interleukin-6--biosynthesis
Leukocytes--immunology
Male
Microscopy, Electron
Mink--physiology
Nucleosomes--immunology
Orchitis--metabolism
Self Tolerance--immunology
Seminiferous Tubules--physiology
Sertoli Cells--immunology
Spermatozoa--immunology
Testosterone--blood
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha--biosynthesis
fas Receptor--immunology