Questioning the Th1/Th2 paradigm in reproduction: Peripheral levels of IL-12 are down-regulated in miscarriage patients

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 245-251

  Zenclussen, Ana C ^a   Fest, Stefan ^a   Busse, Petra ^a   Joachim, Ricarda ^a   Klapp, Burghard F ^a   Arck, Petra C ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Biomedizinisches Forschungszentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abortion; Human; IL 12; Th1 Th2 paradigm

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL LEVEL; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECIDUA; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036785047     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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