The Current Evidence on the Association Between the Urinary Microbiome and Urinary Incontinence in Women

by Yashini Govender, Iwona Gabriel, Vatche Minassian, Raina Fichorova
Published 2019-05-01

The Role of Small Extracellular Vesicles in Viral-Protozoan Symbiosis: Lessons From Trichomonasvirus in an Isogenic Host Parasite Model

by Yashini Govender, Tiffany Chan, Hidemi S. Yamamoto, Bogdan Budnik, Raina N. Fichorova
Published 2020-11-01

The injectable-only contraceptive medroxyprogesterone acetate, unlike norethisterone acetate and progesterone, regulates inflammatory genes in endocervical cells via the glucocorti...

by Yashini Govender, Chanel Avenant, Nicolette J D Verhoog, Roslyn M Ray, Nicholas J Grantham, Donita Africander, Janet P Hapgood
Published 2014-01-01

Medroxyprogesterone acetate, unlike norethisterone, increases HIV-1 replication in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and an indicator cell line, via mechanisms involving the...

by Michelle F Maritz, Roslyn M Ray, Alexis J Bick, Michele Tomasicchio, John G Woodland, Yashini Govender, Chanel Avenant, Janet P Hapgood
Published 2018-01-01

Aberrant cervical innate immunity predicts onset of dysbiosis and sexually transmitted infections in women of reproductive age.

by Raina N Fichorova, Charles S Morrison, Pai-Lien Chen, Hidemi S Yamamoto, Yashini Govender, Damilola Junaid, Stanthia Ryan, Cynthia Kwok, Tsungai Chipato, Robert A Salata, Gustavo F Doncel
Published 2020-01-01