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Corticosterone Enhances the AMPK-Mediated Immunosuppressive Phenotype of Testicular Macrophages During Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Induced Orchitis.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Zhang Zhengguo, Jiang Ziming, Zhang Yiming, Zhang Yu, Yan Yan, Bhushan Sudhanshu, Meinhardt Andreas, Qin Zhihai, Wang Ming
Abstract excerpt
Testicular macrophages (TM) play a central role in maintaining testicular immune privilege and protecting spermatogenesis. Recent studies showed that their immunosuppressive properties are maintained by corticosterone in the testicular interstitial fluid, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are unknown. In this study, we treated mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) with corticosterone (50 ng/ml) and...
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