Autoanticuerpos Séricos en Pacientes con Prostatitis Crónica/ Síndrome de dolor pélvico agudo.

Revista Inmunologia

Aran Ediciones

Año: 2008 vol. 27 p. 167 - 167

0213-9626

b> Introduction: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is an inflammatory condition that affects the prostate gland without evidence of infection in the urinary tract. Evidence reported during last decade supports a role for an autoimmune response to prostate antigens as a cause of this pathology. In fact, the presence of a specific cellular immune response against prostate antigens was demonstrated in CP/CPPS patients, but little is known about the humoral immune response. Therefore, we decided to