Deborah J. Anderson

A key roadblock to translational research in the HIV field is insufficient understanding of the basic mechanisms of the earliest events in the establishment of HIV infection [1]. Researchers have recently begun to use human cervical tissue …

To understand the impact of the menstrual cycle on immunologic parameters, we measured the level of cytokines and chemokines from plasma, cervicovaginal lavage (CVL), and saliva samples of 6 premenopausal women during the follicular and lut…

Previous studies have shown that human sperm that have undergone the acrosome reaction express a unique tissue-specific variant of the complement component 3 (C3)-binding molecule membrane cofactor protein (MCP, CD46) and that damaged or de…

Peritoneal fluid from women with endometriosis, unexplained infertility, and fertile controls were compared to one another and to normal human serum for effects on lymphocyte proliferation in vitro. Peritoneal fluid samples were also assaye…

Monoclonal antibodies identifying leukocytes subpopulations were applied to smears of laparoscopically collected peritoneal fluid leukocytes and parallel samples of peripheral blood leukocytes from women with endometriosis (n = 33), those w…

The effects of danazol on leukocyte activation in vitro were compared with those of other known immunosuppressive steroids. Danazol at a concentration of 10(-6) M, the systemic level in women taking 600 mg/day, significantly inhibited lymph…