作者: Janet P. Hapgood
DOI: 10.1210/EN.2013-1066
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摘要: Whether or not hormonal contraceptives increase the risk of HIV-1 acquisition and transmission AIDS disease progression is a crucial public health question. There good reason to focus in particular on effects injectable contraceptive medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) which administered as 150-mg 3-monthly intramuscular injection referred Depo-Provera depot MPA (DMPA). DMPA used by over 50 million women worldwide particularly areas with high prevalence. The central hypothesis examined this paper that more so than physiological concentrations progesterone (P4) likely repress immune function at doses within range found serum users due its potent glucocorticoid-like immunosuppressive properties could influence pathogenicity infectious diseases. Taken together key results from study provide important insights into biological mechanisms primary human cells are be highly significant for infectivity progression. motivation further research