Increased T helper 1 cytokine responses by circulating T cells are present in women with recurrent pregnancy losses and in infertile women with multiple implantation failures after IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 767-773

  Kwak Kim, J Y H ^a   Chung Bang, H S ^a   Ng, S C ^a   Ntrivalas, E I ^a   Mangubat, C P ^a   Beaman, K D ^a   Beer, A E ^a   Gilman Sachs, A ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantation failures; IVF failures; Recurrent pregnancy losses; Th1; Th2 cytokines

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NIDATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RECURRENT ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037386353     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg156     Document Type: Article

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