Expansion of the fraction of Th1 cells in women with preeclampsia: Inverse correlation between the percentage of Th1 cells and the plasma level of PAI-2

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 252-259

  Ohkuchi, Akihide ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^a   Aoya, Toshio ^a   Haga, Toru ^a   Kimura, Hirokazu ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a   Sato, Ikuo ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic T cells; Flow cytometry; Helper T cells; PAI 2; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TC1 CELL; TC2 CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0034815997     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2001.d01-10.x     Document Type: Article

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