Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2014

Seiten: 509-520

Zeitschrift: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Bandnummer: 382

Heftnummer: 1

ISSN: 0303-7207

eISSN: 1872-8057

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2013.09.022

Verlag: Elsevier

Abstract: 
The fetus in the gravid uterus and the developing spermatogenic cells in the adult testis both comprise special challenges for the host immune system. Protection of the neoantigens of the fetus and male germ cells from immune attack, defined as immune privilege, is fundamental for the propagation of species. Immune privilege is not simply the absence of leukocytes, but involves immune and non-immune cells acting synergistically together at multiple levels to create a unique tolerogenic environment. A number of the pathways are shared by the testis and gravid uterus. Amongst them steroid hormones, namely testosterone in the male and progesterone in the female, seem to function as key molecules that govern the local production of immunoregulatory factors which finally control the overall immune environment. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Arck, P., Solano, M., Walecki, M. and Meinhardt, A. (2014) The immune privilege of testis and gravid uterus: Same difference?, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 382(1), pp. 509-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2013.09.022

APA-Zitierstil: Arck, P., Solano, M., Walecki, M., & Meinhardt, A. (2014). The immune privilege of testis and gravid uterus: Same difference?. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 382(1), 509-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2013.09.022