The immunological pregnancy protective effect of progesterone is manifested via controlling cytokine production

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 348-351

  Szekeres Bartho, Julia ^a   Faust, Zs ^a   Varga, P ^a   Szereday, L ^a   Kelemen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Progesterone; Progesterone induced immunomodulatory protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOASSAY; CELL STRAIN L 929; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS RESORPTION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0029971226     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00492.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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