Is there a Th2 bias in human pregnancy?

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-104

  Vince, Gill S ^a   Johnson, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Pregnancy; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

DECIDUA; FETUS GROWTH; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030448596     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(96)00995-3     Document Type: Article

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