Genetic susceptibility of mice to Candida albicans vaginitis correlates with host estrogen sensitivity

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作者
Clemons, KV
Spearow, JL
Parmar, R
Espiritu, M
Stevens, DA
机构
[1] Santa Clara Valley Med Ctr, Div Infect Dis, Dept Med, San Jose, CA 95128 USA
[2] Calif Inst Med Res, San Jose, CA 95128 USA
[3] Stanford Univ, Dept Med, Div Dis & Geog Med, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[4] Univ Calif Davis, Sect Neurobiol Physiol & Behav, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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10.1128/IAI.72.8.4878-4880.2004
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
We compared susceptibility to Candida vaginitis in derived murine substrains differing in sensitivity to estrogen (CD-1 and CD10, resistant; CD3 and C57BL/6 responsive), and in F1 crosses. The order of decreasing resistance was CD-1 greater than or equal to CD10 greater than or equal to CD10 x CD3F1 > CD10 x B6F1 > CD3 > C57BL/6 and correlated with estrogen responsiveness in endocrine disruptor assays. Resistance to Candida vaginitis appears additive in CD10 x B6F1 animals and dominant in CD10 x CD3F1 animals.
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