Interleukin-12 secretion by peripheral blood mononuclear cells is decreased in normal pregnant subjects and increased in preeclamptic patients

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-97

  Sakai, Masatoshi ^a   Tsuda, Hiroshi ^a   Tanebe, Kyoko ^a   Sasaki, Yasushi ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 12; Monocyte activation; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; T helper (Th)1 Th2

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD14; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0036094438     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.1o020.x     Document Type: Article

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