Immunology of pregnancy - Pregnancy as a remission inducing agent in rheumatoid arthritis

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 155-160

  Østensen, Monika ^a   Villiger, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Change of the TH1 TH2 balance; Maternal fetal HLA disparity; Pregnancy; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKINE; FETAL ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3; SEX HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GRAFT REJECTION; HLA MATCHING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REMISSION INDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0035746006     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-3274(02)00017-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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