Immunohistochemical study of secretory IgA in the human male reproductive tract

Andrologia
P SiriguF Turno

Abstract

Male human genital tract was treated for the immunohistochemical demonstration of secretory IgA in order to verify its own possible antimicrobial properties. An intensely positive immunoreaction for sIgA in the epithelial cells of prostate and urethral glands was observed; in the same organs the presence of immunoreactive cell clusters in the subepithelial layers was noted. Immunostaining in the epithelia of deferent duct, seminal vesicle, deferential ampulla, ejaculatory duct and bulbourethral glands was absent. The findings suggest that a local immune response sIgA-mediated is present in the lower male genital tract.

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Jul 1, 1997·Archives of Andrology·P SiriguE Usai
Sep 23, 2008·American Journal of Reproductive Immunology : AJRI·Kelly A CunninghamKenneth W Beagley
Sep 14, 2019·Theriogenology·Marzena Mogielnicka-BrzozowskaWładysław Kordan
Nov 5, 1999·Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology·H J Carson, N E Lueck
Aug 3, 2021·Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology·Mari-Carmen Fuentes-AlberoFrancisco Alberto García-Vázquez

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