Modulations of cytokine expression in pregnant women

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-226

  Tranchot Diallo, Juliette ^a   Gras, Gabriel ^a   Parnet Mathieu, Françoise ^b   Benveniste, Olivier ^a   Marcé, Dominique ^a   Roques, Pierre ^a   Milliez, Jacques ^b   Chaouat, Gérard ^c   Dormont, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Pregnancy; Regulation; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030935502     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00218.x     Document Type: Article

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