Human seminal plasma fosters CD4(+) regulatory T-cell phenotype and transforming growth factor-β1 expression.

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Published in Am J Reprod Immunol on July 17, 2012

Authors

Emmanuel Balandya1, Wendy Wieland-Alter, Katherine Sanders, Timothy Lahey

Author Affiliations

1: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. Emmanuel.Balandya@Dartmouth.edu

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