Suppressed cell-mediated immunity and monocyte and natural killer cell activity following allogeneic immunization of women with spontaneous recurrent abortion

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 408-419

  Gafter, Uzi ^a,b   Sredni, Benjamin ^c   Segal, Jacob ^d   Kalechman, Yona ^c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Natural killer; Spontaneous recurrent abortion; Suppression

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD80; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKINS; KILLER CELLS, LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MONOCYTES; PREGNANCY; TH1 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030844812     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027372409361     Document Type: Article

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