Artículos
Título:
Immunological aspects of the prostate gland and related diseases
Autor/es:
MACCIONI M, RIVERO VE, MOTRICH RD, GATTI G, MACKERN OBERTI JP, ANDREANI V, RIERA CM
Revista:
Current Immunology Reviews
Editorial:
Bentham Science Publishers
Referencias:
Año: 2010 vol. 6 p. 287 - 287
Resumen:
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Abstract: It is surprising that despite the prevalence of prostate disease, little is known about the immunobiology of the
prostate and its contribution to disease. The prostate is the target of many diseases like infection of the prostate gland,
chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), benign hyperplasia and cancer. In this review we will focus
on the relationship of the immune system with the prostate gland in two different scenarios: in the first one, the question
of how prostate epithelial cells deal with inflammatory stimuli, like microorganisms, is addressed. Whereas the role of
infiltrating innate immune cells like macrophages and neutrophils in prostate inflammation has been extensively st