Reproduction question

[lasek]

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This might be a stupid question, but why is there no immune responce to the sperm once it's in the female reproductive tract?

 

[AlternateSome1]

This might be a stupid question, but why is there no immune responce to the sperm once it's in the female reproductive tract?

Sometimes there is.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9012622&dopt=Abstract

 

[lasek]

Sometimes there is.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9012622&dopt=Abstract

Thank you. I cant get access to the entire article, but from what I understand though, 1) the article describes an allergy to seminal fluid not sperm, and more importantly 2)this is a relatively a rare condition (as far as i understand).
I am more curious as to what protective mechanism exists in women so that the reaction to semen is so relativley rare. I can't seem to find any literature on it though.

 

[THP]

Thank you. I cant get access to the entire article, but from what I understand though, 1) the article describes an allergy to seminal fluid not sperm, and more importantly 2)this is a relatively a rare condition (as far as i understand).
I am more curious as to what protective mechanism exists in women so that the reaction to semen is so relativley rare. I can't seem to find any literature on it though.

I don't know who this Barry Shell is but he seems to have some sort of an answer. Apparently, cervical mucous (that changes based on menstrual cycle) helps protect the sperm from her immune system.

http://www.science.ca/askascientist/viewquestion.php?qID=3064