Endometrial Th2 cytokine expression throughout the menstrual cycle and early pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1747-1754

  Krasnow, J S ^a   Tollerud, D J ^c   Naus, G ^a   DeLoia, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Endometrium; Interleukin; Pregnancy; T helper cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROGESTERONE; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0029848946     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019480     Document Type: Article

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