Role of hormone-controlled Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in successful pregnancy

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-33

  Piccinni, Marie Pierre ^a   Scaletti, Cristina ^a   Maggi, Enrico ^a   Romagnani, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hormones; LIF; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; HELPER CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOKINES; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RELAXIN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0034284490     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(00)00299-X     Document Type: Article

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