免疫系统
生殖道
免疫学
生物
胃肠道
性器官
病毒学
医学
生理学
遗传学
生物化学
出处
期刊:Nature Reviews Immunology
[Springer Nature]
日期:2010-09-10
卷期号:10 (10): 699-711
被引量:174
摘要
Mucosal surfaces are exploited as a portal of entry into hosts by a wide variety of microorganisms. Over the past decade, an advanced understanding of the immune system of the gastrointestinal and the respiratory mucosae has been gained. However, despite the fact that many viruses are transmitted sexually through the genital tract, the immune system of the male and female genital mucosae has received much less attention. Here, I describe and highlight differences in the innate and adaptive immune systems of the genital and intestinal mucosae, and discuss some of the challenges we face in the development of successful vaccines against sexually transmitted viral pathogens.
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