Monocytes are primed to produce the Th1 type cytokine IL-12 in normal human pregnancy: An intracellular flow cytometric analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 490-497

  Sacks, G P ^a   Redman, C W G ^a   Sargent, I L ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human pregnancy; Interleukin 12; Monocytes; Th1 Th2

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037339109     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02082.x     Document Type: Article

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