Effect of female sex steroids on human endometrial CD16neg CD56bright natural killer cells

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 730-734

  Kitaya, Kotaro ^a   Yasuda, Jinsuke ^a   Nakayama, Takeshi ^a   Fushiki, Shinji ^a   Honjo, Hideo ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine secretion; Cytolytic activity; Endometrial CD16neg CD56bright NK cells; Female sex steroids; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037374512     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04818-5     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. ++ population . Dev Immunol. 1:1991;169-190.
2. Bulmer J.N., Morrison L., Longfellow M., Ritson A., Pace D. Granulated lymphocytes in human endometrium histochemical and immunohistochemical studies . Hum Reprod. 6:1991;791-798.
3. Kammerer U., Marzusch K., Krober S., Ruck P., Handgretinger R., Dietl J. A subset of CD56+ large granular lymphocytes in first-trimester human decidua are proliferating cells. Fertil Steril. 71:1999;74-79.
4. Verma S., Hiby S.E., Loke Y.W., King A. Human decidual natural killer cells express the receptor for and respond to the cytokine interleukin 15. Biol Reprod. 62:2000;959-968.
5. Noyes R.W., Hertig A.T., Rock J. Dating the endometrial biopsy. Fertil Steril. 35:1950;751-754.
6. Lachapelle M.H., Miron P., Hemmings R., Roy D.C. Endometrial T, B, and NK cells in patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion. Altered profile and pregnancy outcome. J Immunol. 156:1996;4027-4034.
7. Fukui A., Fujii S., Yamaguchi E., Kimura H., Sato S., Saito Y. Natural killer cell subpopulations and cytotoxicity for infertile patients undergoing in vitro fertilization. Am J Reprod Immunol. 41:1999;413-422.
8. Inoue T., Kanzaki H., Imai K., Narukawa S., Katsuragawa H., Watanabe H., Hirano T., Mori T. Progesterone stimulates the induction of human endometrial CD56+ lymphocytes in an in vitro culture system. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 81:1996;1502-1507.
9. Okada H., Nakajima T., Sanezumi M., Ikuta A., Yasuda K., Kanzaki H. Progesterone enhances interleukin-15 production in human endometrial stromal cells in vitro. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 85:2000;4765-4770.
10. Kitaya K., Yasuda J., Yagi I., Tada Y., Fushiki S., Honjo H. IL-15 expression at human endometrium and decidua. Biol Reprod. 63:2000;683-687.
11. Schust D.J., Anderson D.J., Hill J.A. Progesterone-induced immunosuppression is not mediated through the progesterone receptor. Hum Reprod. 11:1996;980-985.
12. King A., Gardner L., Loke Y.W. Evaluation of oestrogen and progesterone receptor expression in uterine mucosal lymphocytes. Hum Reprod. 11:1996;980-985.
13. Stewart J.A., Bulmer J.N., Murdoch A.P. Endometrial leucocytes expression of steroid hormone receptors . J Clin Pathol. 51:1998;121-126.
14. Bamberger A.M., Milde-Langosch K., Loning T., Bamberger C.M. The glucocorticoid receptor is specifically expressed in the stromal compartment of the human endometrium. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 86:2001;5071-5074.
15. Kontula K., Paavonen T., Luukkainen T., Andersson L.C. Binding of progestins to the glucocorticoid receptor. Correlation to their glucocorticoid-like effects on in vitro functions of human mononuclear leukocytes. Biochem Pharmacol. 32:1983;1511-1518.
16. Svec F., Teubner V., Tate D. Location of the second steroid-binding site on the glucocorticoid receptor. Endocrinology. 125:1989;3103-3108.
17. Nishikawa K., Saito S., Morii T., Hamada K., Ako H., Narita N., et al. Accumulation of CD16-CD56+ natural killer cells with high affinity interleukin 2 receptors in human early pregnancy decidua. Int Immunol. 3:1991;743-750.
18. Pavia C., Siiteri P.K., Perlman J.D., Stites D.P. Suppression of murine allogenic cell interactions by sex hormones. J Reprod Immunol. 1:1979;33-38.