Menopause
Research Reports from Dartmouth Medical School Provide New Insights into Menopause
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 1st, 2011
2011 DEC 1 -- According to the authors of recent research from Lebanon, New Hampshire, "Knowledge about early innate immune responses at the mucosal surfaces of the female genital tract is important in understanding the pathogenesis of heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1). As estradiol decreases inflammatory responses, we postulated that an estradiol-deficient state such as post-menopause could enhance expression of inflammatory factors that stimulate HIV-1 replication."
"We compare HIV-1 integration, transcription, and viral p24 release levels among ectocervical tissues obtained from pre- and post-menopausal donors. We...
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