Paternal leukocytes selectively increase secretion of IL-4 in peripheral blood during normal pregnancies: Demonstrated by a novel one-way MLC measuring cytokine secretion

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 320-326

  Ekerfelt, Christina ^a,b   Matthiesen, Leif ^a   Berg, Göran ^a   Ernerudh, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alloreactivity; Cytokines; ELISPOT; IFN ; T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MIXED LEUKOCYTE CULTURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030867981     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00307.x     Document Type: Article

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